[syslinux] Question concerning booting from Floppy Drive
David Reimer
davidgreimer at hotmail.com
Thu Jul 4 04:15:14 PDT 2002
First I'd like to thank you, and everyone who has contributed to the
isolinux development. It has been the solution to many of my development
needs.
Currently I am creating a Linux system that runs directly from CD. Currently
the CD is working and I am using isolinux to boot the CD. The compressed
kernel is approximately 2 meg and the compressed initial ramdisk is
approximately 4 meg. What I am interested in is using a floppy to boot the
kernel and initial ramdisk which are on the CD. Is the a way to use a floppy
to boot strap the isolinux system which is on the CD, or if this is not
possible, or just a bad idea is there a way to boot the kernel and initial
ramdisk on the CD using a floppy in some other fashion. The reason I am
interested in doing this is that many of the systems that I currently have
can not boot directly from CD and the kernel and initial ramdisk are to big
to fit on a floppy or floppies. Unfortunately, loadlin is not a solution due
to its kernel and ramdisk size limitations. Any help you could offer would
be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
David G. Reimer
Fame Information Services
325 E. Eisenhower St.
Ann Arbor, Mi 48104
dreimer at fame.com
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