[ale] some weird question

jeff hubbs hbbs at mediaone.net
Thu Jan 10 11:09:34 EST 2002


Search Google for "tomsrtbt" as well - I use that a lot.

- Jeff


Kevin Krumwiede wrote:

> I'd make a bootable Linux floppy (or set of floppies) that has a few useful
> tools on it, and use that to mount the CD and load the system, either
> automatically or by hand as needed.  See the Linux Boot Disk HOWTO
> (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/index.html).
> 
> BTW, where do you get those CDs?  Are they burnable in a standard CDR?
> 
> Krum
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Stephen Turner [mailto:artic_knight at yahoo.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 4:51 PM
>>To: ale at ale.org
>>Subject: [ale] some weird question
>>
>>
>>i wanna make a boot floppy that will call and run
>>linux from a cd.. i have these snazzy 3" cds that fit
>>in a pocket and work well for a basic "console" linux
>>i believe thier capacity is 185 meg... its going to be
>>used for tech service to pcs that have old bios
>>mostly. a tool i figured might proove valuable some
>>day but perhaps im wrong? anyways should i just rig
>>this up with a normal bootable floppy with a
>>autoexec.bat command or is there something better?
>>
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