Re: [Plex86-devel] Bootable Devices?

[Eric Laberge]

On Wed October 30 2002 18:02, Christian Boltz wrote:
> Hello *,
>
> I've tried an older version of plex86 (downloaded in June 2002). With
> this version, I was able to boot from a DOS floppy disk.
>
> If you want do do so, make sure you have access rights (read+write) to
> /dev/fd0 and set up the config file like the following:
>     bochs-opt floppya: 1_44=/dev/fd0
>
> Maybe you can also boot from real harddisks, I never tried.

Booting from a real HD isn't a good idea right now....

>
> Booting from CD is AFAIK not possible.

Latest BIOS should support El-Torito, so it should work.

>
> BTW: When I booted DOS from the Setup disk, plex86 didn't recognize disk
> changes, so I had to copy the three disks into the harddisk image and
> uncompress the files manually. Is this problem known (or even fixed)
> and/or is there a method how plex86 and the guest OS will notice disk
> changes?

Known problem :-/

>
>
> Yours,
>
> Christian Boltz

-- 
Eric Laberge
ICQ: 1261355
MSN: address@hidden
Jabber: address@hidden

GCS/M/S d-(++) s-: a-- C++(++++) UL+++>$ !P L++ E--- W++ N+ w++ !O M
!V PS PE Y PGP-(+++) t++(-) X- R* tv+ b+ DI+++  D+ G e+>+++++ h! r--