diff --git a/tools/boot/woody/boot-i386 b/tools/boot/woody/boot-i386
index 1f1c86f5..3a5d5547 100755
--- a/tools/boot/woody/boot-i386
+++ b/tools/boot/woody/boot-i386
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+B
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # boot-i386 v 1.13 (c) Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
@@ -12,15 +13,24 @@
 #
 # $1 is the CD number
 # $2 is the temporary CD build dir
-# CODENAME1 used temporarly to point to potato boot disks -- jwest
-
+# CODENAME1 used temporarly to point to potato boot disks
+# if potato boot disks do not exist 05-JUL-2000  -- jwest
 set -e
 
 N=$1
 CDDIR=$2
 BOOTDIR=
+
+
 # set bootdisks to potato for the moment.
-CODENAME1=potato
+if [ -f $MIRROR/dists/$CODENAME/main/disks-$ARCH/current/images-2.88/compact/rescue.bin ]; then
+        echo "Using woody bootdisks"
+        CODENAME1=$CODENAME
+else
+        echo "Using potato bootdisks"
+        CODENAME1=potato
+fi
+
 
 cd $CDDIR/..