Re: boot disk to install fedora

slobberknocker@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks.

However, the directions are a bit vauge.

For example, which folder do I put the dos executable in so it finds the files it needs?

Also, do I put put the device the the boot is installing to or that the boot disk is being created from?  His example is:

sbminst -t zh -d /dev/hda -b sbm-bak.dat' under linux

There are no dos examples.

I'm looking at user-guide-3.html from the user guide at http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/3.7/user-guide-3.7.tgz

It says:

The usage of installation program is:

   sbminst [-t theme] [-d drv] [-b backup_file] [-u backup_file]

   -t theme     select the theme to be used, in which the theme could be:
                   us = English theme       de = German theme
                   hu = Hungarian theme     zh = Chinese theme
                   ru = Russian theme       cz = Czech theme
                   es = Spanish theme       fr = French theme
                   pt = Portuguese theme

                   or a filename of user customized theme.

-d drv set the drive that you want to install Smart BootManager on;
for Linux:
/dev/fd0 is the first floppy driver,
/dev/hda is the first IDE harddisk driver.
/dev/sda is the first SCSI harddisk driver.
for DOS:
0 is the first floppy drive
128 is the first hard drive;

   -c             disable CD-ROM booting feature;

   -b backup_file backup the data that will be overwrited for
                  future uninstallation;

   -u backup_file uninstall Smart BootManager, should be used alone;

   -y             do not ask any question or warning.

for example, use command 'sbminst -t zh -d /dev/hda -b sbm-bak.dat' under linux to install a Chinese version to the first hard disk and backup the original data to file sbm-bak.dat.

So, under DOS/Windows to install it onto a floppy disk, I would think it would be:

sbminst -t us -d 0

This would be run from the folder containing the sbminst program I'd have thought (I have never used this program myself).

Paul.