[Klug-general] Laptop Linux

[Nathan Friend]

Hi All,
Smart boot manager did the job, has a boot from CD option -  Great!

Thanks for your help,

Nathan.

On 07/03/06, gaukrogi at schaf.plus.com <gaukrogi at schaf.plus.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 04:49:23PM +0000, Nathan Friend wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I want to install a lightweight distro on my old Toshiba 500cdt
> laptop.  The
> > bios doesn't have a boot from CD option so I'm forced to use floppy
> disks to
> > get in.
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> btmgr.webframe.org - Smart Boot Manager - Allows you to boot with a
> floppy and then select the cdrom drive to boot from.
>
> There are Linux and DOS friendly install downloads on the website though
> I tend to use the .bin file and rawrite as provided on disc 1 of the
> Debian install CD's, but that's me :-).
>
> I think, though I haven't done it myself, that you can put it on a
> floppy and install it onto your harddrive.  So if you can either have
> the floppy or the cdrom drive connected at any one time, you'll be able
> to start with Smart Boot Manager from the harddrive and then boot with
> the cdrom ... I think.
>
>
> hth,
>
> Ifor
>
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