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>  We were given to recycle a 2005 (i865) 2.8GHz Intel desktop t
... but the floppy controller seems to be dead and it
> will read (with Puppy linux) but not boot from USB floppy drive.

F2 SETUP (Phoenix BIOS - not my favorite)

USB boot and legacy USB were already enabled.  Boot order was set to 
Floppy 1 (no option for Floppy 2) and then CD-ROM (no option for the 
second CD-ROM drive either).  (No hard disk installed yet so none listed - 
hopefully you can choose between HDD0 and HDD1).

Solution: F2 setup (Phoenix Bios), disable onboard floppy drive.  USB 
floppy drive becomes Floppy 1 and it boots to DOS or with David Moberg's 
1-floppy USB-capable linux.  Presumably will also boot 2-floppy BL.

Sindi