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: --} > >--} > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it. .......................................Henry David Thoreau >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux Debian Etch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
