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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:9829 comp.os.linux.development:9044 comp.os.minix:23748 comp.os.mach:3815 comp.periphs:5501 comp.unix.bsd:13951 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6271 comp.os.386bsd.development:2112 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:5311 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 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!oyang From: oyang@cs.monash.edu.au (Kai Shing O'Yang) Subject: Re: [Announcement] 386BSD Release 1.0 Message-ID: <oyang.769000946@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> Sender: news@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au (USENET News System) Organization: Computer Science, Monash University, Australia 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> <2qdvvp$r@bmerha64.bnr.ca> Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 11:22:26 GMT Lines: 13 How about a scsi CDROM drive set at id=0? the SCSI Adaptor bios will treat the device as a hard drive and tries to read the boot sector from it. if there is a way to fool the bios that the CD is actually a H/D, I can't see why one can't boot from CD. If I'm wrong, pls correct me. My $0.02. Kai -- - Kai S O'Yang, Dept of Comp Sci, Monash Uni, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia - AARNET: oyang@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au - Voice : +(61) 3 565 5778 - FAX : +(61) 3 565 5146 "Beauty is only skin deep, ugly goes to the bone."