Brent go read the CDR and CDRW howto documents. They're on http://www.fadden.com/ Don't waste the list's time with questions that can be answered by reading the documentation. cdrecord has readme files in it, and mkisofs has a manpage. Learn how a bootable cd works from those. No dumping the root directory of a running system to a cd won't make it magically bootable; how would the system update mtab? How would you run all of your applications on a read-only filesystem without other storage? Some of us pay for every byte received; why not stop hassling the list with questions so simple that you could research them yourself? That way I might even consider answering your questions when you really get stuck. On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:33:39PM -0500, Brent Harding wrote: > Is it even possible to get windows up from a floppy? What about talking > linux boot CD's, do I just go to the root directory and run mkisofs with a > period as the file name and the resulting CD image would be bootable? > At 11:34 PM 4/17/01 -0500, you wrote: > >On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Jacob Schmude wrote: > >> Well, the only other disadvantage is that you may make it too big to > >> fit on a boot floppy if you put all that stuff in the kernel. > > > >While this may be a limitation, I don't think of it as a > >disadvantage. I don't need a boot floppy with every service I would > >want. For my day to day needs, the hard drive works much faster for > >booting. Actually, I find waiting on any kernel to load from floppy to be > >painfully slow. I would sooner have windows initially boot from a floppy > >if forced into this mode. > > > >======= > >Kirk Wood > >Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > > >Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net alternatives: kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au ICQ UIN: 8226547
