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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Jul 2004 07:35:30 -0500
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Hi Steve,
I believe he is talking about
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/301/i386/images/SL/boot.superduper.051004.iso
which is the install CD that Connie likes to make.  It makes it so when you
need to burn a network install CD, you arn't just wasting a CD.
You can boot into any of the following

Scientific Linux Network Install (default)
Scientific Linux Rescue
Live FreeBSD
FreeDOS
LNX BBC
tomsrtbt (Tom's Root Boot)
Damn Small Linux - based on KNOPPIX
Recovery is Possible(RIP)
memtest86
GRUB

For more information you can read it at

ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/301/i386/images/SL/README.superduper


Troy

Steve Traylen wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Raimo Koski wrote:
>
>> Looks interestingly like something I did a couple of years ago. I
>> believe Spectra Linux 1.2 was the last I did with "CD-ROM multiboot" as
>> I called it. I used it mainly to offer multiple language choices right
>> from the start and parted boot floppy.
>
>
> I'm a litte confused by the thread here. Are you looking for a way to have
> many, many boot images on one CD?
>
> If so a good example is the http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ that uses
> http://www.cdshell.org/ to have about 30 boot images.
>
>   Steve
>
>>
>> I stopped when RH started using isolinux, because I thought that using
>> floppy images would be too much trouble and El Torito supports only one
>> boot program type of image.
>>
>> While El Torito sets no practical limit to the number of boot floppy
>> images, 8 is the highest number I have seen supported in BIOS (Award). I
>> added Smart Boot MAnager image to my older distros
>> (http://btmgr.sourceforge.net, the project seems quite dead, but the
>> product is still perfectly usable) to give multiboot option also to
>> Dells and other machines which can boot only the first boot floppy image.
>>
>> I might use that trick again in the future, so I am interested in the
>> problems you might have and I might be able to offer some help.
>>
>> --
>> Raimo Koski  http://www.lineox.com/  http://www.raimokoski.com/
>>
>
> --
> Steve Traylen
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/

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