Private Private formulated the question :
> Hi All, I've got a Toshiba Tecra 720CDT, it currently has Win95 loaded but 
> would like to upgrade it to Win98SE.
> I have somehow misplaced the floppy drive which on this model was external.
> The Tecra has a CDROM and if I needed a floppy drive I would just connect to 
> the LAN and use the floppy on the network.
> So... here is my problem, this model boots from either the hard drive or the 
> floppy not the CDROM.
> The hard drive is a tiny 1.2 gig and has been partitioned into 250mb 
> portions.
> When I try to install 98SE via the CDROM it starts but eventually WIN tells 
> me there is not enough space to install 98SE.
> I've tried clearing out 95 but since it is the boot drive its protected and 
> Win will not allow it.
> So... I'm stuck, I'm thinking there must be software switches in WIN to let 
> me get around it but am not sure of any.
> Ideally if there was a bios upgrade that would allow me the option of booting 
> up from the CDROM then problem solved.
> I realize the easiest solution is to find the floppy or find another one but 
> I was hoping to find another way.
> Is there someway to fool the Tecra into believing the the network floppy is 
> local ?
>
> All this work is to be able to use a PCMCIA wireless card, which requires 
> 98SE and above, otherwise 95 works just fine on the Tecra.
>

http://btmgr.webframe.org/

smart bootmanager allows you to choose to boot from cdrom, usually i do 
it to let old machines boot from cdrom (witb sbm on a floppy, but 
you'll have to install it on the hdd since you misplaced the floppy)

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Ghosty