Installing Ubuntu

[Tom H]

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Stephen <stephen_o at rogers.com> wrote:
> On 04/11/2010 11:48 PM, Mark wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Stephen<stephen_o at rogers.com>  wrote:
>>> I want to install Ubuntu so it boots from a floppy drive so Windows will
>>> boot unless the floppy is in the drive.
>>>
>>> When I have installed Ubuntu in the past it doesn't give me the option.
>>> Is there some way I can set that option before I start the install
>>>
>> If you can find a boot partition collection that fits on a floppy
>> drive, I'm sure you MIGHT be able to do this.
>>
>> You do realize that there are many ways to accomplish this approximate
>> task without resorting to such arcane methods, right?
>>
> I didn't express myself clearly. I want the boot loader to be on the
> floppy disk, so with out the floppy it will go straight to windows.

Look into using grub-mkrescue to create an image for a floppy.