We are interested in using LinuxBIOS on our medical system, running the Digital Logic P5 PC-104 SBC. After reading these posts, and scanning the FAQ, I am confused about boot methods:
Will LinuxBIOS work on a stand-alone system with a EIDE disk?
If floppy boot won't be supported, can it boot from cdrom?
Thanks very much,
Phil Brooks
Phil Brooks - Software Engineer Olympic Medical 206-268-5119 philb@olymed.com
-----Original Message----- From: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:rminnich@lanl.gov] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 2:21 PM To: Big Pilot Cc: adam@cfar.umd.edu; linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: Re: Booting from floppy
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Big Pilot wrote:
So there are two issues: a) DOS isn't supported and b) the floppy as a boot device isn't supported. That will make it a very difficult sell for mobo manufacturers. Can you imagine me buying a Linux PC with LinuxBIOS and it crashing. How am I going to repair it then?
floppies are dead. What's wrong with a cdrom boot?
ron
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