Making CD-ROM a Boot Option?

Discussion in 'Storage Devices' started by Anti-Trend, Jul 21, 2004.

  1. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    Hey guys! I'm working on nine IBM Thinkpad 760ELs, which are old P1~133MHz w/32mb RAM laptops. They run Slackware fine, but to simplify the process I'd prefer to be able to boot from the OS CDROMs in order to perform the installation. Problem is, those old laptops don't support the CD-ROM as a bootable device. I have heard of a floppy image that will allow you to boot from a CD-ROM, completely independant of the system's BIOS. Does anybody know where I can find something like that?

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    -AT
     
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  3. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    Sniper, you're fantastic! That's exactly the one I was thinking of. That'll really save me some time... Thanks a million!

    -AT
     

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