Hey doods.
I have a kind of old laptop that Id like to run linux on, however
its bios is to old to boot from the cdrom. I need some kind of
fllopy disk that will "redirect" the whole boot process to the
cdrom. Ive tried the Smart Boot Manager fllopy but it doesnt
seem to work. Does anyone have any ideas ?
Thankx,
P.S.
The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite T2150CDT (Yeah, I know)
Two workaround suggestions. You could try updating the BIOS, or install a new (internal or external) hard drive to run Linux off of. I know it's a laptop, but do you move it? Even so, you only need to use the HD once, to run the Linux install files off of.
-NC
I have the latest bios version (really old :S) and I cant connect an external HD
cause it doesnt have USB.
Here are the specs:
75 Mghrz 486 CPU with Hyper Threading (lol jk)
32 MB of RAM
559 KB Graphics Card
12' Color Display (800x600)
Sound (In/Out)
Built in Speakers
Built in Microphone
CD-Rom Drive built in
External Fllopy drive (IRDA)
1 IRDA Port
2 PCMCIA Network Cards
Heres a Pic :
Lol, dont laugh.
There are quite a few small linux distros
around that should run fine on it, right now
it has windows 95 installed, and it runs pretty
fast. I can even play grand theft auto 1 and
earlier versions of doom on it. No photoshop
though lol 
i wanted to get a old little 12" like that to turn into a server, stick a wifi router in the back of it, then throw it under the staircase and forget about it forever.
Lol, its kind of cool for a server but its kind of to bad it doesnt have USB. Any idea how I could boot the CD ?
Have you tried entering the BIOS and changing the Boot Sequence? In the Boot Sequence, your CDROM should be the first one in the line.
If its not the first one, it won't boot. You need to set your CDROM as the Master in the boot sequence.
If you're able to enter to BIOS it will tell you how to make it master.
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