Re:[coLinux-devel] How can we CD boot ?

[Ian L. <Ian...@mq...>]

Ok, so you want to:

  1. Boot Linux from CDROM
  2. To have Linux act as an installer
  3. To install Linux on the local hard disk

  Presumably, from this list, you want step 3 to really be an installer
for a coLinux virtual machine, not a regular Linux install?

  If you're trying to make the installer simple, wouldn't you just want
an autorun to go with your exe installer?  (as opposed to booting to
Linux and playing from there?).

  The stuff you want for booting Linux is "mkisofs" and "isolinux"
(from Peter Alvin).  I can give over details .. but I'm still not convinced
that this is what you want.




----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rgis NEBOR" <rn...@ho...>
>To: <Ian...@mq...>
>Subject:  Re:[coLinux-devel] How can we CD boot ?
>Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 07:14:52 +0100
>
> Yeah I want to be able to make a linux install from let's say a debian cd.
> 
> 
> >From: "Ian Latter" <Ian...@mq...>
> >Reply-To: "Ian Latter" <Ian...@mq...>
> >To: "Rgis NEBOR" <rn...@ho...>
> >CC: col...@li...
> >Subject: Re:[coLinux-devel] How can we CD boot ?
> >Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:06:42 +1000
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >   I can give you all of the config info you need to boot Linux from
> >a CDROM, but this wouldn't be what you're after, would it?  What
> >do you really want to do?  Boot from CD, or just install coLinux
> >from CD under Windows?
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Rgis NEBOR" <rn...@ho...>
> > >To: <col...@li...>
> > >Subject:  [coLinux-devel] How can we CD boot ?
> > >Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:21:26 +0100
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Is there a way to boot from a cd or map it , then make an installation ?
> > >
> > > I tried to play with bootparams and fake a :
> > > root=/dev/ram ro initrd=idepci.bin ramdisk_size=16384 disksize=1.44
> > > flavor=idepci
> > >
> > > but it's not working
> > >
> > > Can one of you help here ?
> > >
> > > Regis
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