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The floppies only bootstrapped an environment to install the rest of the OS from a larger storage media, though.
by EvanAnderson 6y ago
The floppies only bootstrapped an environment to install the rest of the OS from a larger storage media, though.
- zozbot234 6y agoEven Linux did that back in the day. CD-ROM boot was far from universally supported, let alone USB mass storage. Boot floppies were the most reliable way of starting up an external OS.