Hello,
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 04:55:36PM -0200, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 07:37:24PM +0100, Thierry Laronde wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 04:07:52PM -0200, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > This is not a bug, it could be classified as a "wish". > > > > > > There are some computers that don't boot from cdrom. > > > Then, I'd like to insert a grub floppy in the computer and tell grub > > > to boot from cdrom. Is this possible? > > > > If the BIOS doesn't allow booting from CDROM this means that it doesn't > > provide the El Torito INT 13h extensions. Thus, trying to boot from the > > CD will mean that GRUB use proprietary drivers for each CD reader type. > > So the answer is : no ;) unless somebody is brave enough to do this. But > > since you will need a floppy to boot the cdrom it's simpler to put a > > whole OS on the floppy to access the CD. > > > > Hi Thierry, > > I didn't know about that. I wouldn't like grub to use proprietary > drivers! Well, my english is approximate and one has to replace "proprietary" by "particular" or "custom-made" drivers i.e. one driver for each type of reader --- unless someone finds the specifications used by the El Torito compliant BIOSes to achieve a basic access to the CD drives; since, AFAIK, the only BIOS whose source is available is the IBM original one, it will be probably difficult... >I don't understand anything about boot loaders and I tought it > was easy to to it... > The idea was to put Debian CD in the cdrom and start a instalation with > grub. Better write rescue disk and root disk into 2 floppies and use > them. Yep : it's simpler to use... the "correct" rescue and root disk from the Debian boot-floppies ;) Cheers, -- Thierry Laronde (Alceste) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
