old 80486 with cdrom that not support booting

Forum: HD Install
Topic: old 80486 with cdrom that not support booting
started by: johnnybgoode

Posted by johnnybgoode on Nov. 04 2006,17:24

I've an old PC with a BIOS that don't support booting from CDROM drive.
Is it possible to install from cd ? I did format the hard drive and installed dos 6.2. to have a driver for the CD drive.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Nov. 05 2006,05:50

Some ideas:

You could try using a bootfloppy/disc, etc.

Or you could copy DSL from the cd onto your harddrive, and modify your bootloader.

Or you can try loadlin if you want to try working off dos.