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From: Shimon Pozin <shimonp@mcil.comm.mot.com>
Subject: Re: how can I boot from "live CDROM"?
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J Wunsch wrote:
> 
> I wrote:
> 
> > Pozin Shimon <pozin@math.tau.ac.il> wrote:
> >
> > > Can anybody tell me how can I boot from "live CDROM"?
> >
> > You can't.  (By now.)
> 
> 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.
> 
> --
> cheers, J"org
> 
> joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)

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"?

-- 
Shimon Pozin
mailto:shimonp@usa.net