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Make Bootable CD ????
Name: ilovelady Date: August 30, 2004 at 21:29:02 Pacific OS: DOS CPU/Ram: 233MMX
Comment:
I want to make Bootable CD which can choice from menu with 2 option: Boot from harddisk and Boot from CD. Can you help me? Thanks.
Name: IVO Date: August 31, 2004 at 05:45:21 Pacific
Reply:
Your question is wrong as the booting process is related to firmware not software regarding the boot device.
By software, using a boot manager, you can select the operating system you want to start, but device selection (Floppy, CDRom or HD) is set by BIOS.
So if you boot from a bootable CD the device is already selected (CD) and you can't modify it via software.
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Response Number 2
Name: tommycoolman Date: August 31, 2004 at 13:58:12 Pacific
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IVO, not true. Although BIOS determines the order of boot devices, a bootable CD can also prompt the user either to boot from CD or HD.
A good example is the Windows 98 CD, which has a boot menu of "1. Boot from Hard Disk" and "2. Boot from CD-ROM" ; or a Windows 2000/XP disc that says "Press any key to boot from CD..."
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Response Number 3
Name: Bobthearch Date: August 31, 2004 at 19:15:00 Pacific
Reply:
I think you could install XOSL (Extended Operating System Loader) to a CD, using Nero or Roxio to burn the disk as a bootable CD...
Just a thought. -Bob
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Response Number 4
Name: ilovelady Date: September 1, 2004 at 00:29:40 Pacific
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Coolman, yeah. I see it from CD Win98 full. If I can make that CD, i can make Cd setup OS that no interact with computer, where i can free at the during. Dear Bob! What's XOSL? Can you tell me about? Thank All.
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Response Number 5
Name: drglass Date: September 4, 2004 at 17:28:27 Pacific
Reply:
Check out JO.SYS from Bart's Way (http://www.nu2.nu/jo) Just add to your boot disk, no need to install just extract to your bootdisk, use the bootdisk from any burner software as the boot disk.
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Response Number 6
Name: Bobthearch Date: September 6, 2004 at 20:49:43 Pacific
Reply:
XOSL is "Extended Operating System Loader." It's a boot manager with some interesting features, such as the ability to install two instances of the same Windows OS on a single computer.
Don't know if it'll help you or not, but couldn't think of anything else.
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