On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 03:10:00PM +0300, ik 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 :( )
Ha? Lilo does not need to write there. Unless this is the only device, and thus it attempts to write its second stage there. Could you please add your full lilo.conf here? -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ ================================================================= 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]
