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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: how can I boot from "live CDROM"? Date: 3 Jan 1997 03:27:48 GMT Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5ahubk$h62@raven.eva.net> References: <32BECE33.15FB@math.tau.ac.il> <59ofu8$brm@uriah.heep.sax.de> <5a9e21$huj@uriah.heep.sax.de> <32C8BCC0.4ECD@mcil.comm.mot.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33536 Shimon Pozin (shimonp@mcil.comm.mot.com) wrote: :> Followup to this: in FreeBSD 2.2, you will be able to use the 2nd CD :> as a fixit medium. I've submitted some code for this to Jordan, and :> he has committed it yesterday. Sorry, it didn't make it into the BETA :> though. : : Thanks, Joerg, but the question is still open: whether it depends on : BIOS? If BIOS does not recognize CDROM as a bootable device if I can : boot from it? I am a bit confused. What will do your "some code"? You can boot from SCSI CD-ROMs that allow you to boot from any SCSI ID. Starting with the Adaptec AHA-1542C and the 2940s, you can select what SCSI ID is your boot device when booting from SCSI. Some system BIOS vendors are adding the option of booting from CD-ROM in the near future. -- /* | Spam violation - e-mail dumped... ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' */