Thanks everyone, problem solved. But still i like the idea of a floppy which loads a cdrom-driver and executes the boot-image on the cdrom. Would be quite handy to test "live-cds". Bye, Sebastian "Geert Stappers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20030216144010$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 08:29:41PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > #include <hallo.h> > > Sebastian Schuon wrote on Fri Feb 14, 2003 um 11:22:49PM: > > > Hi all! > > > Does anyone happen to know if a boot floppy exists which only loads a driver > > > fpr the CD-Rom drive and launches the boot image found there? > > > My computer (P100) isn't capable to boot via CDrom and i'm to lazy to create > > > all these boot floppies. > > > Anyone got an idea? > > > > If your CD-ROM drive is supported by the kernel's drivers, > > you need only two, boot and root floppies. > > ( same information in other words: > only two floppies, > one boot floppy with the kernel and one root floppy with a init ram disk. ) > > > Building a kernel with the proper CD-ROM driver > and putting it on the boot floppy is not a huge project. > > > I'm not sure about your changes on tweaking at boot floppy > that will use the CD-ROM for getting the init r.d. > > Anybody willing the provide this list with hits for that? > > > Geert Stappers > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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