cls@truffula.sj.ca.us wrote:

> [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.]
>
> I've got an old Compaq laptop. It can boot from hard
> drive or floppy but not from CD. I installed Etch
> by moving its hard drive to another machine
> temporarily. The CD drive is fine. The BIOS is
> just too stupid to boot from it.
>
> I'd like to be able to test and demonstrate live CDs.
> Is there a way to tell GRUB to boot a CD?
>
> Cameron

Yes there is! Look here:

http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-grub.../msg06678.html

I use this on several machines. It works finer than frog hair.




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