[SWLUG] Dell boot problem

[Neil Greenwood]

2009/8/20 bascule <asura at theexcession.co.uk>:
> On Thursday 20 August 2009 18:48:14 Phillip Evans wrote:
>> I think the CD drive is OK as when the machine is switched on, the CD
>> light flashes a few times as the system finds it & it also flashes &
>> whirs for a few seconds when a disk is inserted all seemingly as normal.
>
> is there a floppy drive? you could try smartbootmanager
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/
>
> this allows booting from cd where the hardware doesn't directly allow it
>
> bascule
>
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Or what about booting from a USB stick?

Cofion/Regards,
Neil.