Re: Is my old RedHat computer doomed?

[Frank Peelo <f32pnospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin Buzzard wrote:
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> I can only boot from floppy (and hd).
...


Maybe you could boot a CD image, using the floppy?

Searching for "Smart Boot Manager" brings me to: 
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/about.html

I think this is the same Smart Boot Manager that comes (or used to come) 
on the DVD that comes with Linux Format magazine. It's an image for a 
floppy, which you can boot off. When it comes up, it allows you to boot 
from CD-ROM. It's for PCs which can only boot from floppy or hd, but 
which have a CD-ROM drive attached, i.e. what's stopping a boot from 
CD-ROM, is the BIOS. The PC may not be able to load the boot image from 
the CD-ROM, but Smart Boot Manager can.

They say it will boot off a CD-ROM connected via PCMCIA. Doesn't say 
anything about whether it can handle devices attached via USB, though.

Frank