[syslinux] CDROM Booting

[H. Peter Anvin]

High Performance Computing wrote:
> Hello,
> Hope someone can help.
> 
> I am currently using memdisk to boot DOS and other floppy images over the network and it works great. The question I have is can we do the same thing with an CD ISO image? Is there a software or a configuration that would permit me to load the ISO image in RAM over the network and start the install of the CD?
> 

This is an FAQ.

The answer is no, because ALL operating systems that boot from CD images 
want to talk to the hardware directly.

	-hpa