Re: boot from cdrom with grub

[Pedro Zorzenon Neto]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 07:37:24PM +0100, Thierry Laronde wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 04:07:52PM -0200, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >   This is not a bug, it could be classified as a "wish".
> > 
> >   There are some computers that don't boot from cdrom.
> >   Then, I'd like to insert a grub floppy in the computer and tell grub
> > to boot from cdrom. Is this possible?
> 
> If the BIOS doesn't allow booting from CDROM this means that it doesn't
> provide the El Torito INT 13h extensions. Thus, trying to boot from the
> CD will mean that GRUB use proprietary drivers for each CD reader type.
> So the answer is : no ;) unless somebody is brave enough to do this. But
> since you will need a floppy to boot the cdrom it's simpler to put a
> whole OS on the floppy to access the CD.
> 
> Cheers,

Hi Thierry,

  I didn't know about that. I wouldn't like grub to use proprietary
drivers! I don't understand anything about boot loaders and I tought it
was easy to to it...
  The idea was to put Debian CD in the cdrom and start a instalation with
grub. Better write rescue disk and root disk into 2 floppies and use
them.

    Thanks,
    Pedro