Quote Originally Posted by yukichigai
I'm trying to run Knoppix on a, how shall we say, ancient system. The Bios is not equipped to handle a CD-Rom, so Smart BootManager doesn't detect it as a valid drive and won't let me boot from it. Are there any Linux-friendly programs that fit on a floppy, akin to MSCDex but without the MS part, which will enable the CD-Rom so I can boot from it?
If it's that ancient, you might want to ask yourself if it's even worth trying to run Knoppix on it? Other things to look into:
  • upgrade the BIOS
    install a second hard drive
    install a bootloader on the harddrive that can boot Knoppix from the harddrive

Good luck and let us know how things go.

Regards,
- Robert
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