[NMLUG] boot diskette

[pi at pihost.us (Anthony Martinez)]

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

http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/3.7/

Simple Boot Manager. Get sbminst-static and ./ it. Should give you instructions.


> ----- 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."
>>                          - Walt Disney
>>
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