--- Colin Charles <byte@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 15:42 -0400, Louis Garcia > wrote: > > Trying to install fc3 on a pentium 200mhz and the > cd wont boot. Think > > the bios is to old, installed fine on more modern > boxes. Any ideas on > > how to get fc3 on this sucker? A floppy boot disk > would come in handy > > about now. > > Not a development question, so off-topic for > fedora-devel-list - good > idea to post to fedora-test-list or just searched > the archives of > fedora-list > > Nonetheless, using Smart Boot Manager > (http://btmgr.sf.net/) is probably > a good solution for you Since I didn't see them post it to the fedora-test-list, I'll answer it here this one time: It's probably not the machine itself.... it's most likely the cdrom that came with the old p200 that's the problem. When the boot manager switched to isolinux, most pre-1997 cdroms stopped working. Try flashing your BIOS and installing a new cdrom. That's how I got my old pentium 200 to work. ===== Kevin C. McConnell --RHCE # 805299480800193 since July 2, 1999-- <Red Hat Certified Engineer> Freedom in software, now freedom in life. http://www.freestateproject.org/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
