> 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.

Sure.  However, whether or not that's even _possible_ is
port-dependent, really.


> 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.

At least the Alpha can (and does 8-) as well.  I don't know about any
others.



cgd