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Title: Floppy installation
Post by: lewinskys on April 20, 2006, 05:46:04 PM
How do I create a bootable Floppy disk to install SME Server 7.0? I tried the "Creating a boot floppy" article, but the files are not on my CD. I did a CD Data check on another machine and it passed. Am I doing something wrong? Or is this feature removed? If so how do I install onto a none bootable CDrom device?
Title: Re: Floppy installation
Post by: CharlieBrady on April 20, 2006, 06:16:39 PM
Quote from: "lewinskys"
Or is this feature removed?


The feature is removed. The boot kernel had become too large for floppy.
Title: Floppy installation
Post by: lewinskys on April 20, 2006, 06:37:07 PM
Is there any other way to install it? On a non CDrom bootable system?
Title: Floppy installation
Post by: skovsgaard on April 20, 2006, 08:50:27 PM
Try Smart Boot Manager (http://btmgr.webframe.org/) .
Create the boot disk and then force your system to boot on the cd.
Title: SBM seems unavailable...
Post by: aussie on September 23, 2006, 06:56:59 AM
Quote from: "skovsgaard"
Try Smart Boot Manager (http://btmgr.webframe.org/) .
Create the boot disk and then force your system to boot on the cd.


everything I do on this link simply reloads the start page.
can you supply this to me by any chance?
(as it is free I think this is an ok question - if it is not so please ignore it)

sme@samela.com.au
Title: Re: SBM seems unavailable...
Post by: william_syd on September 23, 2006, 07:02:12 AM
Quote from: "aussie"
Quote from: "skovsgaard"
Try Smart Boot Manager (http://btmgr.webframe.org/) .
Create the boot disk and then force your system to boot on the cd.


everything I do on this link simply reloads the start page.
can you supply this to me by any chance?
(as it is free I think this is an ok question - if it is not so please ignore it)

sme@samela.com.au



http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/news.html
Title: Re: SBM seems unavailable...
Post by: william_syd on September 23, 2006, 08:09:13 AM
Quote from: "aussie"
Quote from: "skovsgaard"
Try Smart Boot Manager (http://btmgr.webframe.org/) .
Create the boot disk and then force your system to boot on the cd.


everything I do on this link simply reloads the start page.
can you supply this to me by any chance?
(as it is free I think this is an ok question - if it is not so please ignore it)

sme@samela.com.au


Maybe better...

SBM (http://ccfaq.valar.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=301)
Title: Re: SBM seems unavailable...
Post by: aussie on September 23, 2006, 08:09:50 AM
Quote from: "william_syd"
Quote from: "aussie"
Quote from: "skovsgaard"
Try Smart Boot Manager (http://btmgr.webframe.org/) .
Create the boot disk and then force your system to boot on the cd.


everything I do on this link simply reloads the start page.
can you supply this to me by any chance?
(as it is free I think this is an ok question - if it is not so please ignore it)

sme@samela.com.au



http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/news.html



a bit complicated for me! (compiling it etc) - I hoped it would just a somethign to put on a floppy,

but thanks william (and well done the swans)
Title: Re: SBM seems unavailable...
Post by: william_syd on September 23, 2006, 08:20:01 AM
Quote from: "aussie"



a bit complicated for me! (compiling it etc) - I hoped it would just a somethign to put on a floppy,

but thanks william (and well done the swans)


I must of been writing my second post  while you were replying..  there is something simpler....

Another one to try...

BCD (https://secure.magicwilly.info/paul/bcdl150z.exe)
Title: Re: SBM seems unavailable...
Post by: aussie on September 24, 2006, 06:45:41 AM
Quote from: "william_syd"
Quote from: "aussie"



a bit complicated for me! (compiling it etc) - I hoped it would just a somethign to put on a floppy,

but thanks william (and well done the swans)


I must of been writing my second post  while you were replying..  there is something simpler....

Another one to try...

BCD (https://secure.magicwilly.info/paul/bcdl150z.exe)


Thanks William - that let's me boot from the CD,
BUT a couple of questions into the install, I select 'sme server on CD',
it accesses the CD but says it does not find it !
(darned frustrating - its only a 2001 machine, Xeon 2GHz, but IBM so maybe a bit 'unusual'),
but thanks to you for your help, Sir
Title: Floppy installation
Post by: william_syd on September 24, 2006, 09:53:38 AM
I'm sure I read another post here about the same thing. Can't remember the result.

Thought there was more... (http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=33706.0)

Is the CD bootable on another machine ?

Has the machine in question ever booted from a CD?
Title: Floppy installation
Post by: aussie on September 25, 2006, 02:14:16 AM
Quote from: "william_syd"
I'm sure I read another post here about the same thing. Can't remember the result.

Thought there was more... (http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=33706.0)

Is the CD bootable on another machine ?

Has the machine in question ever booted from a CD?


YES the CD works on another machine, unsure of the second,
so I'll just change hardware - I think many people get caught up trying
to get poor hardware going - I'll use that unit for my old SCO server!

thanks again for your interest, William
(this all started out trying to get a tape to be added to my sme6,
so I'll make a new sme7, add users & ibays then cp across data)