Re: How do I make a debian boot cd

2001-03-25 Thread Denzil Kelly
I think I want to use the cd as if it were a boot floppy. Here's what I did. I chose to create a boot floppy during my debian installation. For whatever reason, it literally takes about 5 minutes to boot from the floppy. Well I should say that from the time "booting Linux" appears to the time all t

Re: How do I make a debian boot cd

2001-03-25 Thread Roberto Diaz
> How do I go about burning a cd that will serve the > same function of a boot floppy. I guess the question I > really want answered is what files need to be added to > a cd to to allow me to use it as a boot cd. You just have to make a floppy boot disk make an image of it using dd place it at som

Re: How do I make a debian boot cd

2001-03-24 Thread Christoph Simon
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 17:47:56 -0800 (PST) Denzil Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I go about burning a cd that will serve the > same function of a boot floppy. I guess the question I > really want answered is what files need to be added to > a cd to to allow me to use it as a boot cd. If

Re: How do I make a debian boot cd

2001-03-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
See section 4.11 of the CD-Writing-HOWTO. If you burn the official Debian CD .iso images, using the pseudo-image kit, the first CD is bootable. See http://cdimage.debian.org for more information. Bob On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 05:47:56PM -0800, Denzil Kelly wrote: > How do I go about burning a c