HD Install :: What hapens if my cd drive isnt bootable

Boot into your old operating system and copy the \KNOPPIX\KNOPPIX file over to your C: drive as C:\KNOPPIX\KNOPPIX (use all uppercase letters)

Then try the boot floppy again.

Hi. I just did an install on to a Toshiba 425CDT. It's a P1 w/ a non-booable CD-ROM. I see someone else around here has the same thing, as the 420 and 425 differ only in the software that shipped on 'em. Anyway, I use Smart Boot Manager on a floppy to get almost any CD to boot. I can't boot some burned CDs because my CDROM is just too old and won't read certain media types.. Otherwise it works great for everything from Win98 CD to Puppy Linux to DSL.

I wouldn't try a boot floppy from any distro unless SBM won't work. SBM keeps this old beater in league with all those native CD boot capeable show-offs. ;)

I have the same problem. Is there a network boot disk floppy image for dsl? It would be very much help if you could email me the file because I have been looking for the correct network.img file for the last 4 days!!!

Thank you,

Abram Hollon

1. If you have a working Windows on that machine then get RawWrite for windows and download the bootfloppy.img from the download dir
2. Burn the bootfloppy.img to the floppy
3. Copy the directory structure of the CD to your fat32 partition (the /boot /KNOPPIX dir to c:/ )
4. Reboot with the bootfloppy and it will autodetect the /KNOPPIX dir in your fat32 partition and start loading
5. Install the DSL to your hd
6. Remove floppy
7. Reboot
8. Enjoy

Brian
AwPhuch

original here.