[ale] Question on bootable ISOs

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Fri Jun 21 16:29:41 EDT 2002


I would like to somehow be able to grab access to that image.  In
winbloze that image becomes a:


On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 15:11, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
> cfowler wrote:
> > Is I try to open /dev/fd0 from a bootable ISO's initrd does it open the
> > boorable image or actually try to open the real floopy disk.
> 
> I would expect that since /dev/fd0 is a reference to the floppy device 
> on a normal system and resides on a hard drive, the same would apply in 
> this situation.  What does it matter what the bootable media is, hard 
> drive, floppy or cd?
> 
> So, my guess is, you would be opening the real floopy disk.  Let me know 
> if I'm wrong?
> 
> By the way, you'd be better off replacing that floopy disk with a floppy 
> disk. :)
> 
> 
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> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> 
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