I asked for CD boot support in GRUB about 2 years ago when I was with Progeny. I was told it would *never* happen. GRUB with CD boot support would be fantastic.
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 03:38:05PM +0000, Robert Millan wrote: > Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:38:05 +0000 > From: Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: live cd > To: Warren Turkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 08:05:50AM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: > > Philip Charles wrote: > > > Sorry no. If we could then we would be able to build a native GNU > > > installer and not rely on the Debian GNU/Linux installation ram disk. > > > > Why can this not be done? > > GRUB doesn't fully support booting from CD yet. Btw if you want to work on > that, help is welcome. Ask in [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Robert Millan > > "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the > thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he > gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new > work." > > -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio: KB8PYM
