Re: CD booting question
On Monday 29 December 2003 15:15, Rob Bogus wrote:
> I have been creating bootable (el torrito style) CDs since the
> capability was added to mkisofs ages ago. However, from time to time I
> find a system which doesn't know how to boot CD and must boot from
> floppy. With programs like Linux boot disks that's not a problem, one is
> included. My question is, has anyone ever written a dumb boot CD from
> floppy program which will just find the CD, locate the el torrito boot
> pointer, read in the data and jump to it?
>
> In other words, I'd like a general floppy to do what the BIOS would do
> if it wasn't limited.
>
> I'm asking here because there are a lot of people who are making and
> burning CDs here, and someone may have stumbled on what I'd like.
>
> Happy holidays to all.
Take a look at Smart Boot Manager and see if it will perform as you desire. I
know it has worked most excellent for me, on both the newer machines and the
older that do not even support bootable CD's.
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/
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