Somewhat OT--hdw: ECS motherboard & SBM

[stu]

	Here's some info sites that might prove useful:

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linuxboot/?ca=dgr-lnxw02aLinuxBoot
http://www.bootdisk.com/
http://www.brunolinux.com/01-First_Things_To_Know/Ultimate_Boot_CD.html

	The last link is particularly useful in that it leads to another link where 
you can download the "Ultimate Boot CD" iso. It includes the Smart Boot 
Manager along with a whole bunch of other very useful utilities. (The link to 
the UBCD itself is http://www.ultimatebootcd.com )

	Stu

On Thursday 29 June 2006 18:48, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> Some time ago, in a moment of ill-advised penny pinching I bought one of
> Fry's ECS motherboard & AMD cpu specials. (I prefer AMD cpus, it's the
> cheapo mobo that has caused me the problems I've had.) I like to have a
> Smart Boot Manager (SBM) diskette around as an "insurance policy" way to
> boot into the various operating systems on my box. After installing the
> new motherboard, I found that although it would boot from an old DOS
> diskette, it wouldn't boot from an SBM diskette. I cussed mildly &
> accepted it. Then Tuesday, for some reason I tried again--whaddaya
> know--it worked! I figured that I must have just had a couple of bum
> diskettes when I tried before. Then I tried last night with four (4)
> known good SBM diskettes--including the one that had worked on Tuesday.
> No dice. I even burned a couple of new diskettes using the SBM on the
> Ubuntu CD. Still no dice. If that stupid board had NEVER booted from an
> SBM diskette, I'd just live with it, but the fact that it did boot
> correctly ONE TIME has me baffled.
>
> Anyone got any ideas?
>
> -mj-
>
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