Hi list, I want to make a floppy disk bootable, and to automatically boot a (Linux) live CD when it is booted. You may dictate the filesystem of the floppy (as long as it is something that can be mounted later by the live CD; the floppy contains a tiny file with some definitions for the CD, like IP/subnet/defaultrouter/DNS in case there is no DHCP server).
If you are curious to know the need, this serves 3 purposes: 1. When it's impossible to change the boot priority of the BIOS, and we are not going to be near the PC whenever it reboots, so we can't take out the floppy. 2. When the CD drive is connected to the PC through an interface which is not supported by the BIOS, like USB (a usual problem of laptops, even modern ones, when there is a special drive for booting, but the laptop is usually sold with another CD, lighter one, and with more features - like burning, DVD, etc.). 3. To save time if we forgot to take out the floppy before booting. When googling, I found many solutions, like BootMaster, and wondered if any of you has experienced one of them and can recommend. I want this "boot redirector" to support USB, of course. Thanks, -- Eli Marmor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Netmask (El-Mar) Internet Technologies Ltd. __________________________________________________________ Tel.: +972-9-766-1020 8 Yad-Harutzim St. Fax.: +972-9-766-1314 P.O.B. 7004 Mobile: +972-50-5237338 Kfar-Saba 44641, Israel ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
