Re: GRUB launch a CD?

[M-L <rose_snug@bigpond.com>]

On Sunday 29 April 2007 09:38, Douglas Allan Tutty shared this with us all:
>--} 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.

Change that behaviour in the BIOS. That's if the machine is capable of booting 
from the CDROM?

Charlie

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