On Monday 29 December 2003 15:15, Rob Bogus wrote: > I have been creating bootable (el torrito style) CDs since the > capability was added to mkisofs ages ago. However, from time to time I > find a system which doesn't know how to boot CD and must boot from > floppy. With programs like Linux boot disks that's not a problem, one is > included. My question is, has anyone ever written a dumb boot CD from > floppy program which will just find the CD, locate the el torrito boot > pointer, read in the data and jump to it? > > In other words, I'd like a general floppy to do what the BIOS would do > if it wasn't limited. > > I'm asking here because there are a lot of people who are making and > burning CDs here, and someone may have stumbled on what I'd like. > > Happy holidays to all.
Take a look at Smart Boot Manager and see if it will perform as you desire. I know it has worked most excellent for me, on both the newer machines and the older that do not even support bootable CD's. http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/