-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Check out sbm, smart boot manager, it should do what you want, assuming you can hook up a usb floppy drive to the machine, and boot from it. I don't see mention of a home page in the package description, but apt-get install sbm should drag it in for you on a debian system. It does say in the package description that it can boot from multiple kinds of media, so maybe you can use a thumb drive, I've only tried it from a floppy though. As for the laptop you're describing, I'd guess it's probably the smalltalk ultra, and they come with xp home installed as far as I know. Hth. Greg On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 03:03:21PM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi, > > I'm hoping somebody might know some real cool tricks for booting a > laptop from a CD when the BIOS is not set properly. > > I have a screenless laptop from GW-Micro with Windows installed on it, > and want to replace the OS with Linux. It's not convenient to get > sighted help here to reset the BIOS to allow the CD to take access over > the HD, and I bet I am not the first blind guy to have to face this > problem. I don't know the Windows version, and don't know which keys > might interrupt the boot sequence. Any magic tricks someone might share > would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise I guess I'll just have to wait > for the cavalry. > > Thanks, > Chuck > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (40% of Full) > > My web site: www.hallenbeck.ftml.net > See also: www.wedit2.ml1.net > -------- > Please help keep the world clean: others may wish to use it. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknCno4ACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyABrgCgyGqm+DfOBwlgcaHjg2xwPOfD nNkAnjhQ+9jQQuWAMaP29M5U+2iVUctP =vCkA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
