On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Tony wrote: > Hi all, > > Now I know most of us have a Windows machine with a legitimate copy of > Nero or maybe even a freeware ISO making utility so I was wondering... > > Why hasn't anyone made a boot CD that boots using FreeDOS instead of > ISOLINUX? > > Don't get me wrong, I like ISOLINUX just fine, but in retrospect, why > not boot straight from the OS that will be installed, especially since > it can run live...the whole base CD is what, maybe 8 MB, so > theoretically one could get a live FreeDOS CD that not only could > install the OS, but could run one of many free GUI (depending on the > memory/capacity of the host system) > > Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?
My own experiments into making boot CDs uses the "boot floppy emulation" approach. How small a floppy can contain everything needed to bootstrap a CD? I don't know but mine are always 1.44 MB -uso. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
