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  1. 09-10-2003, 01:08 PM #1
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    Boot from CD

    I have a 3-year-old IBM PC that does not support booting from CD (I looked thoroughally in the CMOS settings). It boots from floppy disk, and if not present, boots from hard drive 0.

    Is there a program/image I can use on a floppy disk that will load during boot and turn control over to the CD-ROM drive to boot?
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  2. 09-10-2003, 02:30 PM #2
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    check out www.bootdisk.com
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  3. 09-10-2003, 02:50 PM #3
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    Aren't those just floppy boot disks that allow you boot to floppy and read from the CD? I want something that will boot from CD, but since the motherboard doesn't have the feature built in, the floppy would need to do something to make this work. Perhaps this isn't possible.
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  4. 09-10-2003, 03:12 PM #4
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    You can "probably" edit the autoexec.bat file on the floppy with a call command.

    Call E:\program name
    (replace e with the cd drive letter and name the program you want to launch)
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  6. 09-10-2003, 03:54 PM #5
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    I don't think you understand. I have a bootable Linux OS CD that has its own master boot record, etc. that needs to be initialized as if it was the actual boot device.

    Never mind, I give up.
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  7. 09-10-2003, 04:20 PM #6
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    Originally posted by Racer^
    I don't think you understand. I have a bootable Linux OS CD that has its own master boot record, etc. that needs to be initialized as if it was the actual boot device.

    Never mind, I give up.

    That looks like important info. I wonder if it should have been mentioned earlier
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  8. 09-10-2003, 04:40 PM #7
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    That's a tough one Racer. I did a little Googling for you but didn't find a thing. I'd imagine you could write your own floppy boot sector in ASM which would load the boot code from CD instead of itself.

    This might get you started if you want to go that route:

    http://freesourcecodes.tripod.com/bootsector/

    But I have a feeling that would be a bit of work
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  9. 09-11-2003, 09:23 AM #8
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    Mentioned earlier? I thought the topic "boot from CD" was as clear as I could get.
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  11. 09-11-2003, 09:49 AM #9
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    Cool have you called

    IBM?

    it seems to me that a unit only three years old would have that option in the bios. maybe a bios update?????

    talking with IBM is the first step.

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  12. 09-11-2003, 08:06 PM #10
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    Re: have you called

    Originally posted by bldegle2
    IBM?

    it seems to me that a unit only three years old would have that option in the bios. maybe a bios update?????

    talking with IBM is the first step.

    baldy

    I concur.
    I have an APTIVA older than 3 years that allows the boot from CD option in the BIOS. Even my laptops (600 series) allow for the option.

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  13. 09-11-2003, 08:47 PM #11
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    Even my 233MHz comp from 1998 could boot from CD LMFAO
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  14. 09-11-2003, 10:46 PM #12
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    I've yet to see a computer that can't boot from CD (well, I can't quite remember if my old 8088 was able to, but that was REAL old). But then again, I've never seen a lot of things.
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