From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31125 invoked by alias); 8 Jun 2007 12:56:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 31110 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Jun 2007 12:56:43 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from anchor-post-36.mail.demon.net (HELO anchor-post-36.mail.demon.net) (194.217.242.86) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:56:41 +0000 Received: from calivar.demon.co.uk ([83.104.54.243] helo=xl5.calivar.com) by anchor-post-36.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1Hwe18-000BBh-MM; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:56:39 +0000 Received: from xl5.calivar.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xl5.calivar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D8E13870D; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 13:56:38 +0100 (BST) To: Andrew Lunn Cc: M Arshad Khan , ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com References: <4690b0d10706072237l479886e3sf768d5ee5e2b921a@mail.gmail.com> <20070608122305.GA14051@lunn.ch> From: Nick Garnett Original-Sender: nickg@ecoscentric.com Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:27:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20070608122305.GA14051@lunn.ch> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot Bootable CD X-SW-Source: 2007-06/txt/msg00095.txt.bz2 Andrew Lunn writes: > On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 10:37:33AM +0500, M Arshad Khan wrote: > > Hello > > is there any way of making Redboot bootable CD instead of floppy? > > I believe the bootable CD format is actually based around floppy. Take > a read of http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/cd-roms.html and other > similar HOWTOs. While the current floppy code could be adapted, the simplest approach is probably to build RedBoot for GRUB booting and then install GRUB on the CD to load RedBoot. -- Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect eCosCentric Limited http://www.eCosCentric.com/ The eCos experts Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 1223 245571 Registered in England and Wales: Reg No 4422071. -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss