In message <1100676204.27112.86.camel@localhost>you write: >On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 12:18, Adam Mercer wrote: >> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:39:36 +0530, Rahul Sundaram >> <rahulsundaram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > > The minimal boot image is now 5Mb so floppy seems to be out. >> > > Some way to envoke a network install would be nice. ... >[snip from another mail list] >Go to ftp://ftp.slackware.at/slackware-current/isolinux/sbootmgr/ and >download the file named sbootmgr.dsk > This sounded like the most promising solution -- unfortunately this boot manager doesn't recognize the cdrom which is off a pcmcia card. steve > It's a bootmanager. dd it to a blank floppy using the command > > dd if=sbootmgr.dsk of=/dev/fd0 > Boot your machine using the floppy. You will have an option to start > the machine from CDROM drive. Put your CD in the CDROM drive, select > the drive, press Enter if I'm not mistaken, and your machine should > start from the CDROM drive. > >Either that or PXE boot if you can boot from network > > >
