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  • From: Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT free.fr>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Problem installing, Was: ISO 0.7-pre2 is out
  • Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:31:11 +0200

I tested the ISO on an old i486 machines and of course, such BIOS do not
support
CDROM booting. So, to test the ISO anyway, I make a bootdisk using btmgr
(http://btmgr.sf.net). Here is how I create the bootdisk:

fdformat /dev/fd0
sbminst -d /dev/fd0

That's it.

Benoit PAPILLAULT, ISO Guru.


On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:16:27 +0200
Mads Laursen <dossen+sgl AT daimi.au.dk> wrote:

> On 25/09/03 09.33, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:
> >
> > Hi, here is the annoucement for the ISO 0.7-pre2:
>
> Very timely, since I had an old machine just waiting to get a fresh
> dose of SMGL.
>
> However I seem to have met an impasse, since the machine refuses to
> boot from the iso. I'm going to try a different cdrom drive, but I
> would appreciate any hints. I would especially like to hear if anyone
> knows how to make a bootdisk for the iso, like one used to use with
> distributions before booting from cd was a standard feature.
>
> Anyway, the new iso sounds great, looking forward to getting it going.
>
> /dossen
> --
> "Nuclear war can ruin your whole compile."
> -- Karl Lehenbauer
>




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