[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Boot CD

Terry trryhend at gmail.com
Sat Mar 25 08:15:42 CST 2006


On 3/25/06, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> Most any Linux boot disk will do what you want, and there are lost of
> bootable Linux CDs to choose from.
>
> If the computer will not boot from CD, try "sbootmgr":
> ftp://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/rootdisks/sbootmgr.dsk
>

This might be newer version, (I really don't know if there's any
difference or not, but...):
ftp://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/rootdisks/sbootmgr.dsk

> sbootmgr.dsk - This nifty little tool allows selecting various devices
> to boot from a menu, and even allows booting a CD-ROM in machines
> where the BIOS doesn't support it (or it's supposed to support it, but
> it just doesn't work). If you have trouble booting to CD-ROM, you
> might try writing this image to a floppy, booting it, and then
> selecting your CD-ROM drive as the boot device."
>


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