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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:9690 comp.os.linux.development:8847 comp.os.minix:23695 comp.os.mach:3782 comp.periphs:5457 comp.unix.bsd:13910 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6214 comp.os.386bsd.development:2076 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:5150 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!daffy!uwvax!oka.cs.wisc.edu!jcargill From: jcargill@oka.cs.wisc.edu (Jon Cargille) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Subject: Re: [Announcement] 386BSD Release 1.0 Date: 4 May 1994 18:51:07 GMT Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 48 Message-ID: <2q8qqr$q96@spool.cs.wisc.edu> References: <jmonroyCp6wpE.7yG@netcom.com> <2q63q2$927@dearg.cuillin.org.uk> <wright.86.000DC700@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: oka.cs.wisc.edu In article <wright.86.000DC700@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>, Ted Wright <wright@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> wrote: >In article <2q63q2$927@dearg.cuillin.org.uk> guy@dearg.cuillin.org.uk (Guy Dawson) writes: >>Todays dumb question - how do you make a CD bootable on a PC? > >You copy part of it to a floppy. :) >Ted Wright (wright@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov) I was confused by this too; I thought PCs weren't very good at booting off of CD-ROMs, since that requires BIOS support in the SCSI card. And I thought most SCSI card BIOSes didn't handle it. But I may well be wrong. At any rate, I was curious enough about it that I sent some email to Lynne Jolitz about it. Here's what she said: > Date: Tue, 3 May 94 10:31:00 -0700 > > Yes, it does boot off the cdrom, and it does work with ADAPTEC 1540 series > controller cards or mitsumi cdrom. > > Lynne > I then wondered whether it required a floppy as a boot-assist, and followed up to ask her that. But Lynne replied: > Date: Wed, 4 May 94 10:24:21 -0700 > > It does not require a floppy -- just the CD itself. > > Lynne. > I didn't know you could do that; sounds interesting at any rate. I'm curious to hear a report when someone receives the actual disc... Jon -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Jon Cargille jcargill@cs.wisc.edu Want your .sig compressed? Reasonable rates and fast turnaround. Call today!