Submitted by ggarron on Mon, 01/29/2007 - 22:44
For that old PC, which can not boot from CD, you can use this HOW TO
We all have old PCs and because they only boot from Diskettes or Hard Disk it is really dificult to install new sofware on them.
Here is how we can achieve that.
1. Get the SBM (Smart Boot Manager)
wget http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/3.7/sbminst
2. put the execute permissions.
chmod +x sbminst
./sbminst -d /dev/fd0
Now use that diskette to boot your old PC, with your
or your favorite "Lite" linux, and go on with the instalation.
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