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From: Brian Beattie <beattie@beattie-home.net>
To: Joshua Hudson <jwhudson@hornet.csc.calpoly.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Help - really messed up kernel
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:52:23 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1108947144.5498.29.camel@kokopelli> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0502201516330.20265-200000@hornet>

On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 15:22 -0800, Joshua Hudson wrote:
> I am trying to install linux on a laptop that cannot boot from cdrom.
I handled this by putting smart-boot http://btmgr.webframe.org/ in the
hard drive MBR from a dos floppy,  smart-boot can boot from a cdrom.
Then as long as you don't wipe out your MBR you can still boot from a
cdrom.

-- 
Brian Beattie   LFS12947 | "Honor isn't about making the right choices.
beattie@beattie-home.net | It's about dealing with the consequences."
www.beattie-home.net     | -- Midori Koto



  reply	other threads:[~2005-02-21  0:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-02-20 23:22 Joshua Hudson
2005-02-21  0:52 ` Brian Beattie [this message]
2005-02-21  1:05   ` Joshua Hudson
2005-02-21  2:25 ` Pedro Venda
2005-02-21  4:50   ` Joshua Hudson

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