Old PIII computer will not boot from CD or DVD

[Rick Stevens]

On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 13:27 -0700, Ricochet wrote:
> I have not been able to install fedora on my Compaq PIII which has XP
> on currently. It will not boot from CD or DVD and will not copy iso
> images to the hard drive from the DVD. I've tried to make a floppy for
> installation but the file is too large. Do they make larger capacity
> floppies now? I haven't used them in 5 years and had to dig them out
> of a box. Apparently the older version BIOS will not allow booting
> from CD/DVD. I've tried 4 different CD/DVD distros, so I am sure it
> isn't a defective media problem. I'm out of ideas and would appreciate
> any help. 

Go get Smart Boot Manager (http://btmgr.webframe.org/).  This is a
little program that fits on a floppy.  You boot to it and from there you
can boot darned near anything mass storage you have on the machine.

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