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[Robert Flesher <lopaka AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

To make a bootable  Linux CD use the .eltorito file
which is a hidden boot image. I've used it with Nero.
It's visible in M$ windoze as _eltorito.
Rob:

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:17:54 +1300
> From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
> Reply-To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [BL] Booting BL from CD


> Resent-Subject: Re: [BL] Booting BL from CD
>
> Krzysztof Karwowski wrote:
> >
> > I want to boot BL 2.1 from CD, but I don't know how to
> > do it. Can you help me?
>
> To which, electronjunkie AT alltel.net replied:
> >
> > burn a bootable cd with a program like nero or some burning
> > program so that it will boot into DOS and copy the BL 2.1
> > unzipped files onto cd as well then boot from the cd into DOS
>
> That sounds like a way to go.  Make a bootable-DOS CD and boot
> the ramdisk BL2 from there (using LOADLIN).
>
> > and type the boot cmd to start linux.
>
> If you put the boot command into C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT, it will boot
> BasicLinux automatically.
>
> If you want to boot a fuller version (HD installation) of BL2
> from the CD, you will need to find out whether a CD can be
> partitioned.  If not, you probably won't be able to use LOADLIN
> to boot the Linux partition -- you'll need to use LILO, or
> whatever it is that bootable Linux CDroms use.
>
> I think the Slackware 7.1 CD is bootable (I don't have a CD
> drive that boots, so I can't check this).  If it is bootable,
> you might be able to copy the routine it uses.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
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