Well, the secret to the read only image would be to create a ram disk and set temp there, copy a few files. Microsoft uses RAMDISK. This would allow the creation of temporary files as well as provide a storage for frequently accessed DOS commands, since CD is slower than RAM. I did some searching and noticed that FreeDOS is without a ram disk program, I am going to try SRDISK. It just became GPLd as of version 2.09 and has some very good features like being resizable and using EMS or XMS...
-T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blair Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:37 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Boot CD Question > ISOLinux is just a CD-ROM bootloader that actually allows booting from > CD-ROM. All of the actual loadup stuff is done in FreeDOS. The NERO > booting feature (IIRC) makes the boot image read-only and does not > copy it into memory like ISOLinux does. For the boot process to work, > however, the boot image needs to be read-write. So ISOLinux is really > the best choice. Plus, I don't use Windows, so Nero is a problem for > the distro maintainer. > > On 10/3/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? >> > > > -- > Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change > color and fall from the trees. > David Letterman (1947 - ) > > See ya > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
