On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Prem Kurian Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is possible to write an ISO image to a USB disk. I have done that > before and it does boot. >
How? This is interesting. I will have to do more research/learning. > However, what I am trying to do is to format a USB disk such that it > appears as a CD drive on Windows and Linux. > > For instance, if you use a Tata Indicom wireless lan USB stick, it will > show up as a CD drive on windows as well as Linux. This allows windows to > run the "autorun.inf" files on the USB. > What you are saying sure makes sense. Once again I need to look around for info. Actually the boot mechanism on optical media is different from that of hard disks/USB/floppy. So you are talking about some other thing... -Girish -- Gayatri Hitech http://gayatri-hitech.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
