[syslinux] isolinux: Extremely Broken BIOS Detected

[Alexander Dick]

There are countless computers that people are buying from eBay and
other sources that came with SCSI controllers for both CD-ROM and hard
disk such as IBM, Compaq, Dell, and HP, if they don't already own
these systems, so relying on what the current market shows for sales
and support of SCSI is not a real gauge to use or compare to what new
systems or custom systems built by users have.  Users don't always buy
host adapters new from the manufacturers.

Some of the OEM systems will not support any of the new technology
available so someone from the Open Source community will have to
remember that the next time they are planning a release of their
software.

Since ISOLINUX is the only bootloader to facilitate the ease of use
'bootable CD-ROM option' and make the install faster than whatever is
slower than it is now, ISOLINUX should support what the floppy disk
boot method has in my opinion.  If not, then Linux will be proprietary
for those who have the latest and greatest gadgets and limitless funds
to back up their 'Linux habit'.

Thank you for all the detailed information to get your system to boot
from a CD and other media.  Something to think about if the new device
doesn't cause a conflict with your current system and create another
problem.

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:40:59 +0100, Blaauw,Bernd B.
<B.Blaauw at student.fontys.nl> wrote:
> In the future, if booting from a cdrom device on an interface is not supported, you might be required to use a USB flash disk with Linux kernel/initrd which would then mount the cdrom on the desired interface.
> 
> However, despite its name, Isolinux is a bootloader, and does not have that much to do with Linux itself.
> 
> Memtest86 thus works for you, Isolinux does not (on SCSI).
> Nex step would be a limited Isolinux version, like ReactOS has.
> LiveCD available from www.reactos.com
> 
> for IDE/Atapi dvd/cdromdrives, Smart Boot Manager can be used to temporarily use its Eltorito stack instead of the one supplied with BIOS.
> 
> SCSI optical media is dying, by the way, but there are compatible media that will require working SCSI:
> *FireWire
> *USB (maybe)
> *SATA cdromdrives (like Plextor PX712SA)
> 
> SATA cdrom/dvdrom drives can possible be connected to Serial Attached SCSI controllers, and there you have it: support for booting from SCSI is needed
> (don't know what hardware/software should implement it though).
> 
> conventional SCSI optical media are obsolete by now. Newest SCSI adapter I could find with support for it is an Adaptec PCI-X controller (29320R or something like that, single channel controller, and about $400..).
> 
> Bernd
> 
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