ACK! HTML mail. Please don't do that any more. In NERO (I think) you need to go to File\New Scroll down to CD-ROM (Boot) Browse to the bootdisk.bin
Essentially, bootable CD's use floppy boot technology to perform bootups. So the 'bootable' floppy must be placed at the start of the CD Rom so that it knows it is bootable. -sp On Wed, 02 January 2002, "Craig Caughlin" wrote: > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi folks,</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm trying to understand how to create my own > bootable CD and some of you have been kind enough to respond. Charles relied to > me by saying:</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Create a new CD image using appropriate > software...make sure you use the bootdisk.bin disk image to make the CD > bootable. The proper mkisofs command<BR>is included in the CD-ROM > readme.</EM></FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't understand how to use the > bootdisk.bin image with my Nero software to create the CD (I think Nero only > recognizes .nrg, .iso, or .cue files...not .bin)??? He goes on to say: > </FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>WARNING: If you need to change > root.lrp, the kernel, or any syslinux settings (including root ramdisk size), > you'll need to modify the bootdisk.bin floppy-disk image...it's a plain 1.44 Meg > disk image, and can be manipulated with all the normal tools (dd, winiamge, > rawrite, &c).</EM> </FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial>What > does he mean "modify" the bootdisk.bin image, and why would you want to or need > to???</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT > face=Arial></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial>Thank > you,</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT > face=Arial>Craig</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT> > <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
