Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261152AbVBUBF2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:05:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261160AbVBUBF1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:05:27 -0500 Received: from falcon.csc.calpoly.edu ([129.65.242.5]:55277 "EHLO falcon.csc.calpoly.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261152AbVBUBFX (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:05:23 -0500 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:05:20 -0800 (PST) From: Joshua Hudson To: Brian Beattie cc: Joshua Hudson , Subject: Re: Help - really messed up kernel In-Reply-To: <1108947144.5498.29.camel@kokopelli> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 956 Lines: 26 On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Brian Beattie wrote: > 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. > Ah yes, that crashes. Spotted it in Slackware 10 install CD, but it doesn't work on this system. Too bad. > -- > 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 > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/