Subj : Re: minimal linux install from iso... To : comp.os.linux.network,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup From : Bill Marcum Date : Mon Aug 30 2004 04:27 pm ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.] On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:43:40 GMT, rodg wrote: > Thanks everyone for the input so far. My solution will be to get some more > ram out of another non-functioning box. > > I am now running into another problem. There seems to be no way in the bios > to tell this box to boot from CD. It does have DOS installed and working, > but I am not a dos person by any means. How can I make it fire up the iso > image on the cd? I can see it is there, just can't figure out how to make > it execute? I tried looking for an updated bios, but no luck so far on that. > Hopefully someone out there knows the dos command to ececute that image... > If it can't boot from cd, you need something that can boot from a floppy. You might try BasicLinux: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/ -- If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? (Think about it) .