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Re: GRUB launch a CD?



On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:56:22AM +1000, M-L wrote:
> On Saturday 28 April 2007 22:49, Douglas Allan Tutty shared this with us all:
> >--} On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 06:28:02AM +0000, David Dawson wrote:
> >--} > cls@truffula.sj.ca.us wrote:
> >--} >
> >--} > sbm (smart boot manager)
> >--} > It comes on the Debian install disk as a floppy image which you dd to
> > a --} > floppy and use it to boot from.
> >--}
> >--} I have an IBM PS/ValuePoint 486 and smb did not work on it.
> >--}
> >--} Doug.
> 
> I haven't followed this thread, so this might be a silly question?
> 
> But you have checked that your BIOS seeks your floppy drive at startup? That 
> is if you have SMB on floppy, or that you can boot from CDROM if you have SMB 
> on a CD?
> 

Clarification:  it will boot the floppy but it won't boot the CDROM.  

Doug.



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