Thank you very much for the information. Yes, I hear the floppy spinning during start up but it ejects the disk as soon as it realize it is on the drive. I don't see any icon with an X during the process. Some Linux distributions say that they have the necessary drivers. I'll give it a try. Letś see what happens. Thank you again, Pedro
On 10/25/05, Doc Holliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it is possible to boot from a floppy - I haven't done it in a long > time, but it is possible. The Mac automatically looks at the floppy disk > drive, if there is no system on the hard disk drive and no CD with a > system on it. Does the floppy drive mechanism spin [You should be able > to hear it spin] during start up? Does an icon of a floppy disk with an > X in the middle come on the screen? If so, you might check to make sure > that you have everything you need on the boot floppy, the floppy icon > with an X in it means there is no bootable system available to start the > computer. > > If you boot from the floppy, it probably won't have the Ethernet drivers > for your PCMCIA card on it, so I doubt you would be able to do a network > install. A bootable floppy may, or may not, have the correct drivers for > whatever CD-ROM drive you would use to to install Linux, if you decide > not to do a network install. You might be able to add the drivers for > both devices to your bootable floppy, if there is enough space on the > disk and they are compatible with the system software on the floppy. > > I would get a CD - internal or external - and boot the machine from the > Linux CD that way, (if the Linux CD will do that)... > > Apple is very jealous of its ROMs, they can't be accessed or hacked as > easily as the ones on a PC. You wouldn't need to change the BIOS to > check the floppy disk drive during start up, it already does that. > > Can you boot from the > > Pedro Perez wrote: > > >Hello > >I have just bought a used powerbook 5300 and I know almost nothing > >about Macs, although I like them. The computer works fine, has a > >working floppy drive and an ethernet card (Xircom CEM56-100). I would > >like to install Linux on it. I might try a network instalation but I > >have to boot from the floppy first (I don't have a CD drive). > >I built a bootable floppy but the computer doesn't try to boot from it > >when I use it. Is there any possibility that I could change the boot > >order? Is it possible to access the BIOS? Is it possible to boot from > >the floppy? > >Thank you, > >Pedro > > > > > > > > -- > PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
