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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!lemis!grog From: grog@lemis.uucp (Greg Lehey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [announcement] 386bsd Message-ID: <3119@adagio.lemis.uucp> Date: 13 Jun 94 08:25:40 GMT References: <653.2DFB9BB0@purplet.demon.co.uk> Organization: LEMIS, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany Lines: 23 In article <653.2DFB9BB0@purplet.demon.co.uk> Andrew.Grillet@purplet.demon.co.uk (Andrew Grillet) writes: > > -=> On 05-08-94 13:16, Patrick Schaaf posted to All <=- > > >I think you missed the point. The idea was you plop the CD in the drive, and > > >boot from that - not from the hard drive - not from a floppy drive, purely > >from the CD drive. > If you look at comp.os.386bsd.development, I've just posted some information from the German magazine c't which suggests that the CD-ROM isn't bootable at all; you need to fire up DOS (Diagnostic Operating Services?) first, and then you can load a DOS bootstrap which will boot from the CD-ROM. Not at all as clever as we had thought. Greg -- --------------------------------------------- Greg Lehey | Tel: +49-6637-1488 LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, | Fax: +49-6637-1489 36325 Feldatal, Germany | Mail: grog@lemis.de