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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:8948 comp.os.minix:23726 comp.os.mach:3806 comp.os.386bsd.development:2098 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:5242 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!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!netmbx.de!zib-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!tubsibr!ramz.ing.tu-bs.de!rh From: rh@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de (Ruediger Helsch) Subject: Re: Booting from CD-ROM, was: [Announcement] 386BSD Release 1.0 Message-ID: <1994May9.230934.14613@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> <1994May7.211614.28288@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> <1994May8.192122.5828@pe1chl.ampr.org> Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 23:09:34 GMT Lines: 12 > rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) wrote: > In <1994May7.211614.28288@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> rh@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de (Ruediger Helsch) writes: > >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 > > But what did you do to avoid the system booting from a harddisk? On the hard disk I had the Unifix master boot block which allows to boot not only from partitions but also from all BIOS devices. I also tried it by making the CD-ROM SCSI ID 0 and the disk SCSI ID 1. Ruediger Helsch <rh@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de>