Subject: Re: Booting from CDROM
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
From: Sean Witham <Sean.Witham@asa.co.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/18/1997 17:59:44
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:

> > How hard would it be to create a specialised NetBSD kernel that would
> > boot from a CDROM and then carry out a custom installation of another
> > operating system to the machine's internal harddisk ?
> 
> That's _entirely_ dependent on which port you're talking about, and
> what/how/if that port's hardware's firmware boots from CD-ROM.
> 

I think it is fair to say that such a questionwas based on the premise
that it was possible to boot from a CDROM and that I was interesting
in the OS dependant factors. As for the port I was refering to the
the i386 port how many platforms that have a NtBSD port support
booting from CDROM btw ? I know sparc's can and I imagine the boot
strap would differ a bit for them.

--Sean