Re: I can't boot from CDROM : old BIOS ...

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:39:38 +0000 (UTC)

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 15:59:06 +0100, Pedro Duarte <paraasnews@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have a rather old motherboard and the BIOS doens't allow to boot
> from CDROM ... I've already updated the BIOS but it's a quite old one
> and didn't solve this problem.
>
> Is there any program that can run from floppy / hard disk upon
> executed stays in memory (or installs itself on the MBR), soft reset
> the computer and prompt a choice from boot devices (like floppy,
> CDROM, hard disk) like we see on current BIOS ?
>
> I remember to see something like this in System Commander multi OS
> selector, but only for booting from floppy disk.
>
> My goal is to boot from CD in order to install Linux or other OS that
> it's installation setup program starts from CD ...

I did an Evergreen Spectra400 cpu upgrade (K6-2/400) that included its own
BIOS upgrade, for an old P100 box. The new BIOS supported larger hard
drives and booting any hard drive (could directly boot Win95 on hdb).
But, it still could not boot directly from cdrom, even after changing to a
newer cd-rw/dvd drive that is capable of booting on a newer machine
(Celeron 333).

So it may be possible that old machines did not have the necessary wiring
or hardware hooks to boot directly from cdrom. In fact some BIOS did not
even show cdrom drives, in which case it was best to put them after any
hard drives in the drive sequence.

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