Re: Installation Woes

[mike808@users.sourceforge.net]

> I have an older IBM Thinkpad that will not allow me to boot from a CD
> (really, no bios settings or Smart Boot Manager will make it). I have a
> small Win 98 install on it and Zipslack as well. I can boot from floppies
> but must reboot the system if I wish to switch to CD.

Sounds like one of the ones I've heard of that Xandros can run on. It's not
pretty or easy, but it can be done. The process might be similar for other distributions.

And, you're in luck, since there's a CWE-LUG meeting tomorrow afternoon
at the ACLU building in St. Louis. See http//www.cwelug.org/ for details.

They run a monthly workshop just for problems like yours. And Robert Citek,
the CWE-LUG founder, just also happens to be one of those people that have
gotten Xandros to install on an older IBM TP. A 600E, IIRC.

Good Luck.

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