[ale] boot from CD-ROM only when asked, for Linux

[James P. Kinney III]

On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 10:08 -0400, Jerry Yu wrote:
> Often I need/want to leave a bootable cd ( such as CentOS ServerCD) in
> a running server, in case I need to boot from it to rescue and such. 
> I have been able to do so with
>       * solaris  in EEPROM 'b cdrom' (less desirable, since one needs
>         to change boot-order in BIOS settings on x86 platform)
>       * windows (press-a-key to boot from cdrom)
> The windows solution is easier to me and seems to be handled by load
> manager. Can GRUB or LILO do it for Linux (CentOS4/RHAS4/RHL9)? Assume
> I have BIOS- redirect-to-serial enabled (Dell PowerEdge series) and
> serial console enabled through GRUB and inittab. 
> 
It should. All you would need to do is make a grub.conf entry that
points to the correct hardware device. This
link:http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Chainloading_a_bootable_CD-ROM_from_GRUB
looks like it has good solution. 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
-- 
James P. Kinney III          
CEO & Director of Engineering 
Local Net Solutions,LLC        
770-493-8244                    
http://www.localnetsolutions.com

GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics)
<jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part