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The trick is to set the target computer's BIOS to boot from USB.  Unfortunately this is slightly different on each computer.  Explore the setup screen for your system (press Esc or F1 while the computer is booting).  If you can't figure it out, search Google for information on your computer model's BIOS.
 
The trick is to set the target computer's BIOS to boot from USB.  Unfortunately this is slightly different on each computer.  Explore the setup screen for your system (press Esc or F1 while the computer is booting).  If you can't figure it out, search Google for information on your computer model's BIOS.
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If you have an older machine unable to boot from USB, you can burn a "Boot Helper" CD using the .iso below. This will start the boot from the CD, then read files from the USB stick:
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If you have an older machine unable to boot from USB, you can burn a "Boot Helper" CD using the .iso below. This will start the boot from the CD, then read files from the USB stick: http://people.sugarlabs.org/sdz/soas-boot.iso
*:http://people.sugarlabs.org/garycmartin/boot.iso
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Fedora boot CD image:
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*:http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/images/boot.iso
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You can also use the "PLoP Boot Manager" to create a boot floppy for machines without the ability to boot from CD or USB, see:
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*:http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/No_native_BIOS_support
      
=== Using your stick ===
 
=== Using your stick ===
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