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					Ben Butterfield wrote:


>Morning all,
>
>I have acquired a very old 400 MHz Pentium II machine which I intend to use
>for various Linux experiments that will inevitably end in the death of the
>machine. However, it seems to have the remains of a Win 95 install alongside
>a Win NT 4 Workstation install that is missing some fairly vital files and a
>password. Unfortunately, it only has a floppy drive and all my attempts to
>install an old CD drive have failed.
>
>I am hoping that one of you has Win 95 on floppy kicking around in a
>cupboard somewhere or a clever suggestion on how I can get it running enough
>to get a CD drive in. I have tried installing Debian Linux (couldn't get an
>internet connection to complete the install) and Blueflops Linux (only
>consists of 2 floppies but needs a large amount of information about the
>machine which I just don't have).
>
>Thanks in advance.
>  
>
To get a basic linux system running, try http://www.toms.net/rb/ which 
has a lot of diagnostic tools on it.  It might help you get the info you 
need for blueflops to install.

Regards,

Matt