[NMLUG] boot diskette

[Ed at Heron-ent.com (Ed Heron)]

  I was hoping for a boot diskette that would replicate the booting from CD 
that newer computers do.  Does that make sense?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Browne" <sbrowne at ix.netcom.com>
To: "New Mexico Linux Users Group Mail List" <nmlug at nmlug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [NMLUG] boot diskette


> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:21:04 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>  I've got an old laptop that won't boot off CD.  Is there a diskette 
>> image
>>out there that will boot off CD?
>>
>>--------------------
>>Ed Heron
>
> You haven't defined the problem well enough for a response. You want
> this to boot into a resident Linux installation, or just to boot at
> all, into DOS, for instance? If the latter, I mentioned some time ago
> Hiren's BootCD (grayareaware) and there is also the Ultimate BootCD
> (freeware). You can find downloadable ISOs with an online search.
>
> Steve
> Stephen B. Browne
> sbrowne at ix.netcom.com
> "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
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