You could also try to get SmartBoot from Slackware pages at http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-9.0/isolinux/sbootmgr/ (pointed to from RULE list archive: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/rule-list/2003-08/msg00007.html ) Unfortunately SmartBoot is a rather abandoned project now, but it works pretty well for IDE CD-ROMs. Wojtek On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Charles Sliger wrote: > Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:37:07 -0700 > From: Charles Sliger <chaz at bctonline.com> > Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > To: 'CentOS mailing list' <centos at centos.org> > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Re: Install Using Floppy/CD > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > > Behalf Of Scott Silva > > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:38 PM > > To: centos at centos.org > > Subject: [CentOS] Re: Install Using Floppy/CD > > > > Charles Sliger spake the following on 9/26/2006 12:25 PM: > > > Is there a doc that describes how to create a floppy that will boot and > > > then switch over to the installation CD? > > > > > > It looks to me like this should be possible using grub on the floppy. > > Are you trying to install on a machine that doesn't allow booting from CD? > > There is a boot floppy using smart boot manager that allows you to boot > > from a > > cd on systems that don't have the option. > > http://btmgr.webframe.org/ > > > [chaz> ] The Smart Boot Manager web site seems to be broken. At least the > download links are broken. I've tried with both Linux and Windoz systems > using 3 different browsers. Same behavior. Clicking on the link just > redisplays the page. > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >