Re: GRUB launch a CD?
- From: M-L <rose_snug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:47:39 +1000
On Sunday 29 April 2007 09:38, Douglas Allan Tutty shared this with us all:
--} On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:56:22AM +1000, M-L wrote:
--} > On Saturday 28 April 2007 22:49, Douglas Allan Tutty shared this with
us all: --} > >--} On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 06:28:02AM +0000, David Dawson
wrote: --} > >--} > cls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
--} > >--} >
--} > >--} > sbm (smart boot manager)
--} > >--} > It comes on the Debian install disk as a floppy image which you
dd to --} > > a --} > floppy and use it to boot from.
--} > >--}
--} > >--} I have an IBM PS/ValuePoint 486 and smb did not work on it.
--} > >--}
--} > >--} Doug.
--} >
--} > I haven't followed this thread, so this might be a silly question?
--} >
--} > But you have checked that your BIOS seeks your floppy drive at
startup? That --} > is if you have SMB on floppy, or that you can boot from
CDROM if you have SMB --} > on a CD?
--} >
--}
--} Clarification: it will boot the floppy but it won't boot the CDROM.
--}
--} Doug.
Change that behaviour in the BIOS. That's if the machine is capable of booting
from the CDROM?
Charlie
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