On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 05:52:06AM -0700, Uri Sharf wrote: > See howto linked here: http://linmagazine.co.il/node/view/2837 > You could also use something like a smartboot manager to boot a cd > from floppy. see linked here: http://linmagazine.co.il/node/view/2056 >
Something more adventures is to flash a new version of the bios. I don't know whether Award have another version and whether the operation is not too risky. In short, adventures. > > On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:10:00 +0300, ik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I wish to boot a CD with Linux inside on an old computer (P120 MHz), where the > > motherboard (contain > > an old Award version of BIOS) does not have "Boot from CD" option. I thought to > > hack it using LILO, > > and make it call the book-able CD, but I'm unable to do so, because LILO keep > > complaining that it's > > a read only media. > > > > This is how I try to do it: > > > > other=/dev/cdrom > > label="Boot from CD" > > > > Please note that there is only *one* cd-rom on the computer > > > > Can you help me with finding another way to do it, or at least point me for a > > place where can I find > > something on the subject (google wasn't very helpful :( ) > > > > Ido > > -- > > Aunty Entity: "Do you know who I was? Nobody. Except on the day after, I was still > > alive. This > > nobody had a chance to be somebody." > > -- from 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > -------------------- > Uri Sharf, Linmagazine > http://linmagazine.co.il > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -- George Bernard Shaw (sent by shaulk @ 013 . net . il) ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
