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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:8813 comp.os.minix:23681 comp.os.mach:3778 comp.os.386bsd.development:2073 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:5106 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!zib-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!tubsibr!ramz.ing.tu-bs.de!rh From: rh@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de (Ruediger Helsch) Subject: Booting from CD-ROM, was: [Announcement] 386BSD Release 1.0 Message-ID: <1994May7.211614.28288@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> Sender: postnntp@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de (Mr. Nntp Inews Entry) Organization: Mechanikzentrum, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany References: <2q63q2$927@dearg.cuillin.org.uk> <wright.86.000DC700@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> <2q8qqr$q96@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <hastyCpCLny.5q8@netcom.com> <newcombe.142.00141E4A@aa.csc.peachnet.edu> <CpE8p7.H@wg.saar.de> Date: Sat, 7 May 1994 21:16:14 GMT Lines: 7 It is possible to boot from a CD-ROM. I made a CD with a boot block so it could be bootet from a SCSI CD-ROM hanging on an AHA1542B. But I do not know how many other SCSI adapters or CD-ROM controllers do allow this, I think even with the AHA1542C it would not work, its BIOS does simply refuse to boot a CD-ROM. Ruediger Helsch <rh@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de>