[TriLUG] Old BIOS

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Sat Nov 1 13:06:19 EST 2003


On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 12:53, rasch at raschnet.com wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 12:49:19PM -0500, Nick <trilug at dogstar1.com> wrote:
> > I just purchased an old dual PII 266 to use as a firewall. I have run into a 
> > snag which I'm hoping someone has a workaround for. I need to boot from CDROM 
> > and the BIOS will not support it. 
> > 
> > Any ideas are appreciated.
> 
> This is a great tool, which can be installed on a floppy, or the MBR.
> It allows boot from CD: http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/  even works on my
> old Pentium-90
> 
> David

And if that fails, you can always install from via the net from a boot
floppy:
http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug/Week-of-Mon-20031013/021016.html

Good Luck - Jon Carnes




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