8.10 impressions

[Jonas Norlander]

2008/10/12 Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de>:
> Knapp wrote:
>  > Sounds really good. I am still holding out hope that the devs make
>> this look good.
>>
>> In about 2 weeks I am going to try to install it to my brothers laptop
>> guiding him over the internet (There are no details about the laptop
>> because it is not standard and getting info out of xp is not something
>> I am good at). Not easy to do! In the past this has not worked out
>> because the CD will not boot is system.
>>
>> Anyone have a check list for booting a really hard to boot system. As
>> in try this, and if not that then this, etc? I would be a real help. I
>> am thinking of just having him use the alt CD to hopefully avoid
>> problems.
>
> If the CD Drive is working, just not booting, there is a sure cure for
> it: Smart Bootmanager.
>
> This is bootet AFTER Bios from the mbr and then offers a menu that let's
> you decide where to boot from.
>
> Up to now, I still have to find a computer that does not boot from CD
> with this. Even the very first compaq PI/75hz Laptop models, that did
> not even know that you can boot from CD, boot Linux from CDRom with
> smart bootmanager.
>

I did try Smart bootmanager some time ago and i could not get it to
see my cd/dvd-rom. I think the cause could be that i have SATA dvd. Do
you know if Smart bootmanager works with SATA DVD drives?

/ Jonas