Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 17:58:51 GMT From: hal@vailsys.com (Hal Snyder) To: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's wrong with a bootable CDROM??? Message-ID: <33c60885.2694307599@w3> In-Reply-To: <199706021516.LAA21941@lakes.water.net> References: <199706021516.LAA21941@lakes.water.net>
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On Mon, 2 Jun 1997 11:16:38 -0400 (EDT), Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> wrote: > After some experience, I've decided I don't like the bootable CD-ROMs. Same here. Remote reboots get snafued. > Also, I've decided that the CD-ROMs should stay bootable, particularly >for neophyte installations. So, I'll just have to live with it. Yes, bootable CD is a big win. > Does anyone else have a suggestion? Can the CD boot code look at HD partition table(s) and display a prompt if it finds a bootable [BSD] system? If you specify CD boot at the prompt, ok; if timeout, boot from HD. Ok, so it's ugly.
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