Re: Re: Undersanding bootable media

1999-03-08 Thread David Wright
Quoting Ries van Twisk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): The reply given below tells you plenty about how computers boot, but I thought I'd add a couple of points to the original question (and I don't have the original to reply to). > > At 11:16 AM 7/3/1999 -0800, you wrote: > >In my quest to understand boot

Re: Undersanding bootable media

1999-03-08 Thread Jiri Baum
Marlon Urias: > > In my quest to understand booting/LILO/MBR's I've come a cross > > a phenomenon I dont understand. Friend of mine (linux guru-ish) > > said that to make a linux bootable floppy you had to use a lowlevel > > tool like dd as opposed to just copying the files over to the floppy. Y

Re: Undersanding bootable media

1999-03-07 Thread Ries van Twisk
At 11:16 AM 7/3/1999 -0800, you wrote: >In my quest to understand booting/LILO/MBR's I've come a cross >a phenomenon I dont understand. Friend of mine (linux guru-ish) >said that to make a linux bootable floppy you had to use a lowlevel >tool like dd as opposed to just copying the files over to t

Re: Undersanding bootable media

1999-03-07 Thread Daniel J. Brosemer
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Marlon Urias wrote: > In my quest to understand booting/LILO/MBR's I've come a cross > a phenomenon I dont understand. Friend of mine (linux guru-ish) > said that to make a linux bootable floppy you had to use a lowlevel > tool like dd as opposed to just copying the files over