Re: GRUB launch a CD?

Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:

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.
I get a "Disk error" from SBM on my P166, but if I retry it a time or two,
it works. Persistence pays.


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