From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.83] helo=toccata.grg.afb.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15detl-0002Y3-00 for ; Sun, 02 Sep 2001 17:35:21 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f82LYsu01696 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 17:34:54 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 17:34:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: how to make a cd bootable In-Reply-To: <001601c132e8$25d98b60$ca00a8c0@c2c6z1> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: No, it's almost that simple, though. Check the documentation for mkisofs. Basically, you need to flag the file to be booted with the -b switch -- and should also specify the -c switch. On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > hi, > > could someone please tell me how i can mkae a cd bootable. is it true i can just put the file rescue.bin from the debian floppy set into /boot on the cd and it'll automaticaly becomde bootable; this seems slightly odd if you don't have to do anything else. > > tia, saqib > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp