How to force BIOS to boot from CD?


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  1. 01-13-2003, 10:02 PM #1
    ShinSeiki
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    How to force BIOS to boot from CD?

    Alright, here is the scoop. I just got some new (old, but new to me) laptops from a source, and I need to put slackware 8.1 on them... the problem lies in that their BIOS won't boot from a CD.

    What should I do to get them to boot from a cd?

    Laptop: Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT

    Anyone?
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  2. 01-13-2003, 10:09 PM #2
    Crutch
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    If the bios doesn't support CD booting, then you aren't going to be able to do it. You will have to use a boot floppy and then use the CD.
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  3. 01-13-2003, 10:14 PM #3
    ShinSeiki
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    Alrighty... where can I get a boot cd to do this... is there a tutorial or something?

    And after I get it booted on the floppy, how do I install from the cd?
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  4. 01-13-2003, 10:24 PM #4
    Crutch
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    Well, I haven't done this with slackware, but I assume it works the same with most distros. On the first CD, they usually have a DOS utils directory. In that directory is usually a .img which is a floppy image. You will use RAWRITE which should be there to, to write the image to a floppy. Then you should be in business.

    If those files aren't on CD, then check the slackware ftp site.
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  5. 01-13-2003, 10:27 PM #5
    michaelk
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    bootdisk

    Have you checked on slackware's web site for instructions on how to create a bootdisk?
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  6. 01-13-2003, 10:37 PM #6
    ShinSeiki
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    Well, I saw the list of Boot discs at the slacware site, but I didn't find any links to download them... It would be all to obvious that they were already on the cd that I downloaded

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