From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dukecmmtar04.coxmail.com (dukecmmtar04.coxmail.com [68.99.120.47]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB66710A86 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:47:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.29] (really [70.166.17.50]) by dukecmmtar04.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.7.05.02.00 201-2174-114-20060621) with ESMTP id <20090321103944.WZGE2174.dukecmmtar04.coxmail.com@[192.168.0.29]> for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:39:44 -0400 Message-ID: <49C4D403.6010302@baechler.net> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:48:19 -0800 From: Tony Baechler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: booting from CD, shortcuts anyone? References: <20090319190321.GA21829@cq.ftml.net> <49C299D2.7030605@sjc.ox.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <49C299D2.7030605@sjc.ox.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:47:56 -0000 What about grub4dos? I haven't used it, but presumably it runs under DOS. Also, you can install grub to a boot floppy and you could try to boot a CD via the floppy with grub. Finally, I don't know how accessible it is and there might be cost involved, but you could look at http://www.bootitng.com/ which is also a boot loader. This is all assuming that you can somehow access DOS or a command prompt in Windows, or somehow you can at least boot a live CD once to make the boot floppy. Alastair Irving wrote: > The only way I could possibly suggest would be to try and boot from cd > using your bootloader. However, this will probably involve installing > a new bootloader with the capability to boot from cd and configuring > it appropriately. This should in principle all be possible from > within windows, but I expect it would be difficult. Also, if you mess > it up you could end up not able to boot. You're probably best waiting > for someone sighted with access to a screen.