[ale] cdrom with boot disc

Dan Newcombe NEWCOMBE at aa.csc.peachnet.edu
Thu Mar 14 12:28:40 EST 1996


> I currently use lilo to boot my PC and have an append statement in the 
> /etc/lilo.conf file so that my cdrom is properly recognized.  My question
> is, When I boot from a bootable floppy my cdrom is not found and is not
> mountable.  What is it I need to do to get my cdrom recognized when booting
> this way?

Hard code it into the kernel on the floppy, put lilo on the floppy, or 
use loadlin to load the image from DOSland 

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