Re: Help - really messed up kernel

[Joshua Hudson]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | It's about dealing with the consequences."
> www.beattie-home.net     | -- Midori Koto
>
>
>

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