RE: Multiple boot images for CD1
I know the other CD's will boot other images, but I'm looking for a single
CD solution. Pop in CD1/Install and choose your poison :) If one boot
image doesn't work, try another very easily, just pick it from a menu.
It wouldn't break anything that currently works. Any system that can boot a
CD will work with a pseudo-boot-loader like diskemu - that only presents a
menu and allows you to choose the actual image that will be booted.
It's better than the El Torito method, because it will work with *any*
system that can boot from CD. Not just the ones with correct working
multi-boot bios's, but any.
And not just Debian install kernels. I would like to see a RescueCD type
choice (like Timo's) as well, perhaps a couple of versions. The menu would
look something like this :
Debian Standard normal standard install kernel
Debian IDE contains UDMA-66 patch
Debian Compact non-critical drivers removed, more PCI drivers
compiled in
Debian IDPpci similar, no SCSI and with even more PCI drivers
compiled in
Debian ReiserFS slimmed kernel with reiserfs functionality, scsi and
ide
Debian Safe uses Syslinux "slow and stupid" mode for old
and buggy BIOS's
Rescue RAMdisk full rescue environment running from ramdisk - needs
64meg minimum
Rescue CD full rescue environment running from CD -
note: cannot change CD after boot
SCSITools DOS boot with lots of scsi tools
I want that CD1/Install to be a jack-of-all-trades :) No matter what you
trying to do, just boot from CD1.
--
Dean Carpenter
Principal Architect
Purdue Pharma
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-----Original Message-----
From: Raphael Hertzog [mailto:hertzog@debian.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:11 PM
To: Carpenter, Dean
Cc: debian-cd@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Multiple boot images for CD1
Le Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:03:17PM -0400, Carpenter, Dean écrivait:
> Has anyone given any thought to having multiple boot images on the CD yet
?
There's a wishlist bug report about that on debian-cd ...
> It's all well and good to have the main bootable image on the CD, but if
you
> need the IDE or COMPACT one, you have to make a diskette. It would be
much
No, you can also boot from CD2 or 3 which use those images.
> slicker to be able to choose the image to boot from during the boot
process.
It's probably a good idea, but it's not a solution if it breaks the boot
process on older system which used to be able to boot on CD.
Cheers,
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