On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Chuck Hast wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:39:08 -0400, Richard Smoot
> <rsmoot@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > If you want to just try SUSE, have it make a boot floppy only.
> > Don't let it install the loader on the hard drive.
> > I have done this with several distros to try them.
> > Just make sure you have your machine set so that it can boot
> > from a floppy. With out that boot floppy, no one will even
> > know you have Linux in the machine.
>
> No one will care, indeed I think once I show off what it can do in the office
> some of those that are tired of the virus other MS issues thing will want to
> try the same thing. Also this "modern" laptop does not have a floppy.
Neither does mine, but it'll boot from a USB floppy. The installer might
put a bootloader on one of those; never tried.
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