Subject: RE: Burning a live CD
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Michael D. Spence <spence@panix.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/29/2006 14:16:42
> -----Original Message-----
> From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org
> [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Swiger
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:50 PM
> To: Michael D. Spence
> Cc: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Burning a live CD
>
>
> Michael D. Spence wrote:
> > In every case, I can see the CD light blink, but then I get
> a message
> > from the BIOS that indicates there's nothing on the disk
> (each computer
> > has a different message because they all have a different BIOS).
> >
> > ISTM that the boot blocks aren't getting written. Should this be
> > expected when an ISO image is copied onto a CD-ROM? If not, how do
> > I get this to happen?
>
> Can you boot a diagnostic CD or Windows CD on these machines?
> Something like Mem86 or http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/...?
>
> --
> -Chuck
>
A Windows CD boots fine.