Why do I need the Smart Boot Manager

On some computers BIOS does not support booting to the CD-ROM drive. On other computers the BIOS can be set to boot to the CD-ROM first but it doesn't work.

Get the floppy image

First download sbm.img disk image.

Now you need to copy the file to a floppy disk as an image. Note to Windows users Drag and Drop or copy / paste will not do what you want.

Windows users
  1. Download RawWriteWin
  2. The RawWriteWin is a zip archive. Create a folder and extract the files from the RawWriteWin zip file into the folder.
  3. Put a floppy disk in the floppy drive.
  4. Run rawwritewin.exe - Point it to sbootmgr.dsk and Press OK.
Linux Users

Linux users run the dd command and optionally the compare command.

Usage Notes

Insert floppy, CD and reboot. When the SBM menu comes up press down arrow until CD-ROM is highlighted and press enter. It may ask a question or two. It may even give you an error message or two. Just keep pressing enter until the computer start booting to the CD.

SBM Related Links

Did I mention there is a learning curve involved?