-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Backlund wrote: > Since I'm about to reinstall my whole home network and computers, > I saw the need... so... > > I'm planning on creating a small bootable ISO, with options to boot > installer for installing Cooker from the harddisk (like hd.img), > and from network source (like network.img)... > and maybe some other... (usb?, pcmcia?) > depending on "my fellow Cookers..." needs ... ;-)) >
Booting with alt0 on normal install CD should allow all methods. I was working on a disk myself, but mainly having things which can't be distributed (dos, windows9x boot disks, partition magic, IBM's Drive Fitness test, Fujitsu's drive test which requires dos, memtest86 etc). > On the same I thought I'll put the following (as bootable from CD) : > - memtest86 v3.0 > - this one is known by most Cookers... > > - TestDisk 4.4 > - Tool to check and undelete partition > Works with the following partitions: > - FAT12 FAT16 FAT32 > - Linux EXT2/EXT3 > - Linux SWAP (version 1 and 2) > - NTFS (Windows NT/W2K/XP) > - BeFS (BeOS) > - UFS (BSD) > - Netware > - ReiserFS > > - cpuburn 1.4 (maybe??) > - ... > > > so... > any thoughts? suggestions...? > something to add ... / remove ... Would it be better to work on generic bootable CD support, to make it easier to generate bootable CDs with all these tools, than to just make one image? Tibbor is working on some bootable CD project, and someone else was looking for one, and I hate having to use non-Mandrake stuff just to get a bootable distro (ie Knoppix etc). How about a bootable audio workstation? Bootable GIS workstation (with grass etc). Bootable terminal server or cluster (as has already been done with Knoppix). Bootable CD with minimal X booting straight into diskdrake? Of course a script to have just a diagnostics CD would be cool. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+90iurJK6UGDSBKcRAiJ3AJ0etXxpV8HFkBLA/H0WlV86JFbEtwCdGSlk j1sHQeW+H+FHz2vL6LOUB5U= =uamK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
