Sean & Chris, Will try to restate my question.
At present we normally use Super Fdisk http://www.ptdd.com/manual2.htm to Format Windows FAT16 & FAT32 Hard Drives. It boots from a Floppy. Would like to find something similar that also Formats Linux. Thanks Gene On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:17 -0500, "Chris Knadle" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2011-03-18 09:15, Sean Dague wrote: > > I think you need to explain a little more about what you are trying to > > accomplish, because the description below is somewhat confusing to me. > > > > -Sean > > > > On 03/18/2011 10:09 AM, WestHurley ComputerReCycling wrote: > >> Appreciate any suggestions concerning Standalone Bootable MultiOS Format > >> Software. > >> > >> In addition to standard Linux options must be able to do FAT16 and > >> FAT32. > >> > >> Also for this project the same OS file type will be used for the entire > >> HDD so partitioning features are not mandatory. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Gene > > I'm also confused -- I think I see a contradiction. > > If you're looking to make software that's bootable itself, sort of like > how memtest86+ works for instance, then the bootable binary file is > architecture dependent, AFAIK, and there's no "OS" involved bacause the > binary image "is" the OS, so the term "Multi-OS binary" makes no sense. > > Depending on what you're trying to do, there are options. If this is > something being booted from CD, the CD could have a GRUB boot menu on it > to load a different OS and/or binary depending on the menu option the > user chose. The point here is that you don't necessarily /have/ to put > all of the "smarts" inside of the binary. > > -- > -- Chris > > -- > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra > -- WestHurley ComputerReCycling [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra
