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Neil W.

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Since: Feb 16, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:27 am
Post subject: bootable diskette on CD?
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As more and more computers are being built without diskette drives, is it
possible to create a bootable CD "diskette"? I tried simply burning a DOS
boot diskette to cd but that didn't work. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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Chris Pound

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:27 am
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:27:44 -0500, "Neil W." <neilw DeleteThis @REMOVEnetlib.com>
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 >As more and more computers are being built without diskette drives, is it
 >possible to create a bootable CD "diskette"? I tried simply burning a DOS
 >boot diskette to cd but that didn't work. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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