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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.whirlpool.com!ghost.whirlpool.com!not-for-mail From: gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com (Andrew Gillham) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: boot 2.1 from cdrom Date: 8 Apr 1996 00:25:44 -0400 Organization: Whirlpool Corporation Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4ka4g8$ibk@ghost.whirlpool.com> References: <4jn648$20g@clarknet.clark.net> <4k1jre$krb@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4k9d2p$mmg@nntp1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ghost.whirlpool.com In article <4k9d2p$mmg@nntp1.best.com>, Caffiene Dependent <seventek@nntp.best.com> wrote: > > Why not? You should be able to do this on any SCSI card with BIOS >(booting capability.. the type that one can attach a SCSI HD as the >primary disk to). I see no reason that this should not work. >...but why would you want to do this? Why use a floppy if you don't have to? For most modern PCs to boot a CD, you need an updated BIOS that supports the new "EL TORITO" CD-ROM specification. The newest Phoenix/Ami BIOSes should support booting a CD. We have an HP NetServer LC at work that can boot a SCSI CD, which is really cool! (as opposed to just EIDE CDs) Now if you can talk Jordan Hubbard into making the FreeBSD 2.2 CD bootable, you'll be set. Actually, I would imagine 2.2 is already planned to be bootable. For more info; http://www.ptltd.com/techs/specs.html -Andrew -- ------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gillham = gillham@whirlpool.com Internet/LAN Services = inoc@whirlpool.com Whirlpool Corporation = http://www.whirlpool.com