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Title: Create boot diskette
Post by: bergmann on January 10, 2005, 09:25:43 PM

I have downloaded and burned the iso for the 6.01 server, but want to install it on an older computer, which seems to be unable to boot from the cd-rom. Anybody who can help (I have tried to find a "How to", but I can't anything relevant).

regards, Bergmann

Title: Create boot diskette
Post by: jsk on January 10, 2005, 11:02:44 PM

Have a look at this
 http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/Create%20a%20bootable%20floppy%20disk

regards,
John

Title: Create boot diskette
Post by: bergmann on January 10, 2005, 11:19:43 PM

Thank you John, this was the information I remembered having seen seen the last time I installed SME.

Theres only one problem more to remember, to add the file ks_xxx.cfg to the floppy and then rename it kf.cfg.

regards, Bergmann

Title: You might also consider another boot manager
Post by: MSmith on January 11, 2005, 05:28:48 AM

The brilliant but not really pretty Boot Manager:

http://btmgr.sourceforge.net

(The webpage is pretty severely broken so you'll have to navigate by hand.  However, the software ROCKS; I was able to use this to boot a Slackware install CD on an ancient Gateway Solo laptop that I was told could *not* boot from CD, nohow, no way.  Won a case of beer on that one.)

And the pretty GAG:

http://gag.sourceforge.net/