On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:19:43 -0700 Bill Jonas wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 03:50:18PM -0700, Rob Wultsch wrote: > > Thanks for the tips. I knew all of the above and was hoping to get > > around a full install as I am dealing with an ancient laptop that will > > not boot from cdrom. I will dd a bunch with it because it will take > > forever to reinstall everything. I will report back if I find anything > > worth note. > > Boot from a DOS boot disk and make sure you have FDISK.EXE available on > it (the rescue disk that you can make in 98 is ideal, as is the install > CD, even though that's not an option in this particular case). Then run > "FDISK /MBR". Et voila, the MS bootloader is installed. > > -- > Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ I addition to what Bill mentioned. You can copy the cab files over to the hard drive and run setup from there. Also, using Smart Boot Manager[1] should allow you to boot the CD. dennisk [1] http://btmgr.webframe.org/index.php --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss