From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, July 18, 2021 at 9:12:54 PM UTC+10, Joe Monk wrote:   
      
   > > Do any computer vendors allow you to flash a floppy disk   
   > > image? If I could set the computer to boot from floppy,   
   > > that would cover almost everything I want. I just get the   
   > > above floppy to boot the first hard disk.   
   > >   
   > > And if someone really wants to boot a real floppy, they will   
   > > have to do the reverse, from a real hard disk, unless a   
   > > computer vendor is willing to let you flash a hard disk   
   > > image.   
      
   > How do you propose to boot from a floppy when that code is not present in   
   UEFI?   
      
   Are you saying a UEFI-only computer cannot boot a   
   real floppy disk?   
      
   And in fact, not even read a real floppy disk drive?   
      
   Can it boot a floppy disk image burnt to USB stick   
   that has the required BOOTX64.EFI?   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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