I figured out how to install without being able to boot from the cdrom (my scsi bios wont allow me to). It wasnt of much use for me since EISA isnt supported. Anyway, I thought there might be someone else who want to install this way. So, here goes the rather simple solution:
1. Extract all the files from the astaro ISO image to an empty directory (I used the vnd loopback driver to do this)
2. Locate the file /isolinux/ramdisk
3. Create a gzipped copy of it with the following command: gzip -9 -c ramdisk >ramdisk.gz
4. Grab a copy of loadlin.exe and put in /isolinux/loadlin.exe
5. Create a linux.bat consisting of the following:
loadlin bzimage vga=normal initrd=ramdisk.gz load_ramdisk=1 root=/dev/ram0
6. Burn the contents to a fresh CD-R
7. Boot with a DOS boot floppy (you will probably need cd drivers and mscdex.exe on this one)
8. Go to your CD drive letter (could be D[:)] and the directory D:\ISOLINUX and run LINUX.BAT
9. Tadaa...
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