[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:18:33 -0400 (EDT) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Hi, Andrei, I guess you know something I don't know(not that > >> that's a surprise<g>) Why would I take my netinstall file > >> (167 Mb) and put it on a CD unless the CD was _bootable_? > >> The CD would have to be made bootable, and would have I guess > >> to have an initrd-img on it as well. > > > > No, you don't. The netinst image is self-containing, so just burn it > > on a CD, the computer will boot from it, there are no more actions > > neccessary. > > I don't need to now, but just for scientific experiment I'll > do this, and see what happens.
Even with computers with BIOS too old to boot from CD, Debian CDs provide sbm (smart boot manager) which can boot it from a floppy, which then boots a CD. Mount a Debian CD and "cd /cdrom/install" -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
