Re: Debian on an old PC
On Thursday 06 January 2005 02:37 pm, David Jardine wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 09:42:58PM +0100, Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote:
> > > I would be surprised if that old machine could *boot a cdrom*. Have
> > >
> > > you tried *that*?
> > >
> > > ;-0
> >
> > It can't boot from cdrom, it has one (4X) but the system doesn't know of
> > it untill an OS is loaded (i.e. win98se). I'm forced to install linux
> > with floppy disks.
>
> Can't you change the boot order in the BIOS setup to look for
> cdrom first? Debian install CDs are bootable, surely?
>
> David
>
> --
> David Jardine
>
> "Running Debian GNU/Linux and
> loving every minute of it." -Sacher M.
Old pcs often can't boot from a CD even if they have one. You might be able
to flash the BIOS to upgrade it, but that assumes there is an update out
there (highly unlikely).
John
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