Re: [gentoo-user] Boot via floppy from cdrom

2009-03-26 Thread Tom
> Mentioning the obvious just in case ... have you run a checksum on > it? Perhaps they should email it again to you? No, I just sent them my request. If that was the problem, I'm going to cry, and pull my hair out ;-) Thanks...hoping... Tom

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot via floppy from cdrom

2009-03-26 Thread Mick
On Thursday 26 March 2009, Tom wrote: > It seems its a > bios bug or something, I even contacted the vendor (ASRock) and they > sent me an updated flash image, which I was sofar unable to install, > for some strange obscure reason. Mentioning the obvious just in case ... have you run a checksum o

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot via floppy from cdrom

2009-03-26 Thread Tom
> > > Why wast your time with floppies? Boot from a USB stick that has > > > plenty of storage on it for kernels and drivers. > > > > Bios doesn't support it :( > > > > So was this machine manufactured 10 years ago or are you *that* good > in choosing crappy hardware? I regular y excel in

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot via floppy from cdrom

2009-03-26 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 02:32 +0100, Tom wrote: > Hi > > I had a very un-nice evening, trying to get my system back into a > usable state, which I eventually managed, but that is another story. > > It made me realise I need a way to be able to use my cdrom drive to > boot cds. > Let me explain befo

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot via floppy from cdrom

2009-03-26 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 12:54 +0100, Tom wrote: > > Why wast your time with floppies? Boot from a USB stick that has > > plenty of storage on it for kernels and drivers. > > Bios doesn't support it :( > So was this machine manufactured 10 years ago or are you *that* good in choosing crappy hardwa

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot via floppy from cdrom

2009-03-26 Thread Tom
> Why wast your time with floppies? Boot from a USB stick that has > plenty of storage on it for kernels and drivers. Bios doesn't support it :( Tom

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot via floppy from cdrom

2009-03-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:32:49 +0100, Tom wrote: > So, any ideas how to do something like this? Maybe something ready > made, or a convenient script. Smart Boot Manager - http://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/ -- Neil Bothwick Planet 98% full! Delete Windows users? (Y/y) signature.asc Descrip

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot via floppy from cdrom

2009-03-25 Thread Albert Hopkins
Why wast your time with floppies? Boot from a USB stick that has plenty of storage on it for kernels and drivers.

[gentoo-user] Boot via floppy from cdrom

2009-03-25 Thread Tom
Hi I had a very un-nice evening, trying to get my system back into a usable state, which I eventually managed, but that is another story. It made me realise I need a way to be able to use my cdrom drive to boot cds. Let me explain before you say 'huuhh!?' I bought a new dvdwriter a couple of week