Re: [ros-kernel]CDROM bootsector

[Daniel G. <da...@fp...>]

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:33:26 +0200
"Eric Kohl" <ek...@rz...> wrote:

> 
> "Daniel Gryniewicz" <da...@fp...> wrote:
> 
> > Well, there's always the fact that, once you've booted the CD, you
> generally
> > need to be able to access it to install or whatever.  For that, you need
> an
> > ISO driver.  Many up and coming OSs don't have ISO drivers (reactos among
> them
> > for now) so they, in the early stages, use Linux on their bootable CDs to
> > install.  All that takes is writing a driver for their prefered FS if
> Linux
> > does not already have one.
> 
> IMO there is no reason to use Linux to install ReactOS because a ISO-9660
> file system driver (cdfs.sys) is currently under construction.
> 
> 
> Eric Kohl
> 

Oh, I definitely agree.  I was merely mentioning why some OS projects use
Linux on bootable CD-ROMs.  If you have a ISO-9660 driver and an ATAPI driver,
you should definitely use your own and not someone elses. :)  (You here being
whoever is writing an OS)

Daniel
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