On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:30:16PM +0100, Michael Schierl wrote: > > 1) create a bootable floppy image and use that one as an "emulation boot > image". The BIOS will copy it to RAM, emulate a floppy there and boot > from it. On that floppy there should be a bootloader that can boot Linux > from a CD. This works for any OS that can be booted from a floppy and > needs access to a CD, so it is the more traditional way. See mkisofs for > options how to build an iso with an emulation boot image. > 2) Use a special bootloader for CDs, as a so called "no-emulation boot > image". (you don't understand the name if you do not know what option 1 > is about...) The BIOS will copy the image into RAM verbatim and execute > it. Mkisofs can do that as well, but you have to check the bootloader > documentation for the offset (the position in RAM) where the image > should be loaded to. > [...]
thanks, michael, that was very useful at least for me - and i think for several others on the list, as well. you gave a good overview and references for further investigating. i think that should be sufficient. tube _______________________________________________ Grml mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on irc.freenode.org grml-devel-blog: http://grml.supersized.org/
