(fwd) Booting with Zip disk
I just posted this on colids. Again, this is not an ad (I'm not
crazy:-)). I'm looking for people who'd want to take up the challenge.
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In comp.os.linux.development.system, bluesky6@ix.netcom.com (Benedict
Chong) wrote:
%Firstly, this is not an ad.
%
%I have a commercial utility to make a parallel port iomega zip drive
%look like a floppy. With the Zip drive configured as A:, you can
%basically boot MSDOS or Win95 off a Zip disk.
%
%A number of people have enquired about Linux support. I guess one of
%the attractions is to be able to put in a number of diagnostic
%utilities etc in a single disk rather than spanning over two or more
%floppies.
%
%Since I am not in anyway a Linux kernel expert (just an on & off
%Debian user), I'm looking for volunteers to make Linux able to boot
%off a drive A:.
%
%There will be no NDA (since there's no requirement to look at the
%sources of my software in order to make the concept work) and the
%kernel patch will be copyright of the authors and freely
%distributable.
%
%Interested parties are invited to email me.
%
%Thanks.
%
%Ben
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