Jason Guidry wrote: > > Mike Rambo wrote: > > >>> > >>Hey, Before this thread goes away...where does the image come from. I > >>tried asking a similar question a while back...I wanted to boot several > >>mini-distros off the same disk. any insight on that? > >> > > > > > > > > To which image do you refer? The floppy image is created > > using dd (dd if=/dev/fd0 of=whatever.you.want.img) from > > whatever boot floppy I happen to need at the time. The hard > > drive images are created by setting up one computer how we > > want it and using ImageCast to create the image. Norton > > Ghost will do the same thing. You have to keep in mind > > though the we're just working with Windows boxes in > > classrooms and offices. I don't know if either ImageCast or > > Norton Ghost support any of the various Linux partitions > > (which is what it sounds like you want to do). > > > > No, not quite (i don't think). I want to somehow, through ISOLINUX or > whatever, multi boot a cd with several mini-*nix distros designed to run > off a floppy or cd or something. > > for example, the ideal would be an aurora-like boot screen with the > following options" > > coyote > astaro > peanut > closedBSD > linux_router_project > > and there are more floppy distros. I thought it would be cool to have > all of these on one CD as a convenience. > > is this even possible? >
Ahh.. - I think I get it. You want to be able to choose one of several floppy boot images on a CD, on the fly, and boot from any one of them? ICBW but I don't think that's possible. Reading the eltorito spec leaves me with the impression that things are of very specific sizes and in very specific places on a CD to make it bootable. You'd only be able have one actual boot image on the CD. Whether or not you could then hack that image to continue booting in any one of several different paths I don't know. While there are probably those out there that could pull that kind of programming off, I'm not one of them. -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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