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"Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> wrote:

> With no USB boot, No CD (except maybe pcmcia cdrom & that
> too would need a floppy to start it, Even PL-IP would need
> a floppy to start with.
...
> Sure I have other better machines, but this spare old laptop
> makes a nice spare X screen ...

Provided the machine has USB, this http://www.plop.at/ will
boot the memstick (at least, it works for me with 8.1).