On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Aniket Suryavanshi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> It does have USB ports which I plan to use for a USB printer. As I >> mentioned, the unit is ancient, the BIOS does not support booting from >> USB devices. I did have an external floppy drive that does not work >> any more. My only option is a HDD. >> >> > A USB hub <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hub> with two or more USB ports > should fit the bill.
Thanks but how will it help to boot the laptop? The laptop is 13 years old; it's hard disk and CDROM are RIP but it still works. The BIOS does *not* support USB boot. It has two USB ports. I will use one for the printer and the other will be a spare. No of USB ports is not an issue for me. Please read the earlier posts in this thread. <update> I have scrounged around in my old hardware bin and managed to find an old 10GB HDD that still works! Not sure if it can keep up with an 18x7 duty cycle. Nonetheless, I will give it a shot. I will be installing Voyage Linux (Debian derivative) which works quite well with 256MB RAM and needs < 256 MB disk space for an install that includes CUPS and a lot of the base system. </update> Thanks to all who responded. -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
