Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:34:21 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Dixon <thomas@vbc.net> Cc: hackers@freeBSD.org Subject: RE: Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd) Message-ID: <XFMail.011016103421.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10110161726380.394-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net>
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On 16-Oct-01 Thomas Dixon wrote: > I'm trying to make a bootable CD using the cdboot program that come with > freeBSD in /sys/i386/boot/cdboot. The computer I'm trying to do this on > definately boots other CDs as it has booted several other CDs. However > using a CD I've made using mkisofs and cdboot it gives the error; > > Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled. > It's impossible to boot a CD-ROM without them. > (BIOS int 0x13 fn 0x4b01 yielded error 1) > > I'm using an Asus P5A motherboard, there appears to be no way to enable > the int 0x13 extensions in the BIOS and there is nothing in the manual > that refers to these. > > Any ideas why this error is coming up or how to fix it? Don't use cdboot or cdldr, they don't qutie work yet. :( Instead, make a floppy image and use that to boot. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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