On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:19:43 -0700
Bill Jonas <
bill@billjonas.com> 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
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