Re: Multiple boot images for CD1
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On Wednesday 05 September 2001 21:53, you wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 September 2001 13:28, Carpenter, Dean wrote:
> > I know the other CD's will boot other images, but I'm looking for a
Actually it appears that I am programatically-impaired.
The El Torito specifications does allow for multiple boot
images on the same CD/ROM, and so does mkisofs.
I have put together a simple script that will create a
multi-image-bootable CD. The remainder of the CD
contains only the potato boot-i386 boot disks, but it does
prove the point that we might be able to modify the way
we currently make CD#1 (i386) so that it would prompt
the user to select from one of several possible kernel-boot
configurations.
The script is located at : http://people.debian.org/~jwest/mboot-cd.sh
I will also put a test .iso image that was created from that script,
at the following location......but please wait a several hours for my
upload to complete. (I am on a real slow line) The image size
is 136511488 b so please dont down load it unless you intend
to test it and provide feedback.
ISO location: http://people.debian.org/~jwest/mboot-potato.iso
I have been pleasantly surprised that every host I have tried it
on has worked, and presents the user with a selection of possible
boot images. ( I tried it on 5 different hosts that I have)
I understand that there may be "old bios" machines that do not
support multiple El-Torito boot. I would partictularly like to know if
on one of these "old" hosts, if the image will boot at all......
If we can get this working on potato, I will update it and try
it with the new woody boot-disks, and perhaps there is still
time go get it into debian-cd for the upcomming release.
The nice thing about this approach is that it only increases
the size of CD#1 by 2.88M per additional boot image.
Comments appreciated,
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