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Re: GSoC: CD-ROM booting options
From: |
Marco Gerards |
Subject: |
Re: GSoC: CD-ROM booting options |
Date: |
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:10:53 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
"Alex Roman" <address@hidden> writes:
Hi Alex,
[...]
> Do we want to be able to boot the computer from GRUB2 installed on a
> medium (whatever it may be), then be able to boot from a CD (in
> whatever mode - emulation or no emulation)?
Yes.
> Do we also want to be able to boot the computer through the BIOS from
> a CD on which GRUB2 was installed and continue booting from the CD
> (like GRUB legacy does)?
Yes.
> Do we want to support both?
Yes.
> Personally, I think both are important to support, but I want to see
> what the majority of developers and users think we should support.
Just focus on one thing first. I think booting from a BIOS that
supports CDROMs already won't be too hard.
--
Marco