Chris Kuethe wrote: > as you said, it's an old machine. possibly the bios doesn't like the > boot cd format (non-emulation). > > luckily, there are these wonderful floppy images you can use. your cd > burning program should allow you to build a bootable cd in "El > Torito", or floppy emulation format - you might have better luck with > that. > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Gabri Mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dear List, >> >> i would like to install OpenBSD 4.3 on an old Pentium MMX machine. The >> BIOS can boot off from a cd, but it simply refuses to boot the OBSD >> installation media. It checks the cd, waits a few seconds, then just >> goes on. >> >> Any suggestions? >> -- >> Gabri Mate >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] >> >> >> > > > > I recommend that you use the smart boot manager. You boot from the floppy, then choose the cd. I used to install on a mmx machine too, but the bios wouldn't boot a cd. So i used it. Get it on: http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/download.html
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