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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
