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Using Grub to boot from a bootable CD?
From: |
John Gay |
Subject: |
Using Grub to boot from a bootable CD? |
Date: |
Sun, 2 Feb 2003 23:50:16 +0000 |
(I'm not subscribed, but I'll be checking the archive for any answers in case
you don't copy me directly.)
In anticipation of building a Linux system on my Daughter's PC, I installed
Windows98 on one partition, then partitioned and formatted the rest of the
drive for Linux.
Next, I built grub on my PC and used a floppy to install it on hers, setting
up the menu to chainload Windows98. Now her PC boots from grub and loads
Windows98. The next stage is to build Linux into the Linux partitions I've
created.
To simplify the process, I'll be using a bootable LFS CD, however, her PC can
not boot from the CDROM, only floppy or hard drive. The boot floppy image
that was used for the CD was 2.88M, since it's only an image, therefore I can
not extract the boot image to a real floppy.
Is it possible to boot from this CD using the grub command line that is on
the PC? I've looked through the doc's, FAQ's and mailing list, but don't see
an answer. Am I missing something obvious?
Cheers,
John Gay
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