Just in case you need to d/l a win boot disk:
http://bootdisk.com/
'Saved the day' more than once for me.
--- Dennis Kibbe <
dennisk@linuxquestions.net> wrote:
> 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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