[ale] Need suggestions

[Christopher S. Adams]

here's another suggestion
boot to dos mode with JUST the cdrom driver and mscdex loaded
on the cd, there's a dosutils dir
cd to it and run autoboot.bat
that should do the trick

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
 From: J. Reeves Hall <reeves at earthling.net>
To: Christopher S. Adams <toiletduk at penguinpowered.com>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] Need suggestions


> Nope, no such luck :( That would make life FAR too simple right now!
> 
> -Reeves
> 
> "Christopher S. Adams" wrote:
> 
> > if it's a newer laptop, it should support booting from cd
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: J. Reeves Hall <reeves at earthling.net>
> > To: <ale at ale.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 11:39 PM
> > Subject: [ale] Need suggestions
> >
> > > I'm trying to reinstall Linux (and in the process change a severely
> > > broken TurboLinux 3.0 install to Red Hat 6.1) on my Dell Latitude
> > > LM laptop. The catch is, I don't have a floppy drive. It does have a
> > > CD-ROM drive. Suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > -Reeves
> > >
> > > --
> > > In a world without fences, why do we need Gates?
> > > J. Reeves Hall - Georgia Tech (CS Major)
> > > [overcode at resnet.gatech.edu]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> 
> --
> In a world without fences, why do we need Gates?
> J. Reeves Hall - Georgia Tech (CS Major)
> [overcode at resnet.gatech.edu]
> 
> 
>