[RHCE] Boot process changed in RHL beta

[Mike Broome]

FWIW.  I just d/l the Phoebe 3 boot.iso and mounted it.  Here's a tree
dump of what's on it:

boot
`-- isolinux
    |-- boot.cat
    |-- boot.msg
    |-- general.msg
    |-- initrd.img
    |-- isolinux.bin
    |-- isolinux.cfg
    |-- options.msg
    |-- param.msg
    |-- rescue.msg
    |-- snake.msg
    |-- splash.lss
    `-- vmlinuz

1 directory, 12 files

I suspect that mounting the iso on a loop device doesn't give access to
the boot code on the CD.  But it looks like it's using isolinux which is
a bootloader that uses the native ISO9660 rather than an emulation mode
to make bootable CDs (see http://syslinux.zytor.com/iso.php).

Mike

On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:40:38PM -0500, Jason Tower wrote:
> i see boot.iso is only 3.6mb.  does anyone have blank business-card size CDs?  
> i know stayonline sells them but they're far far away from me here in garner.
> 
> jason
> 
> On Thursday 20 February 2003 12:25, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > Last night we talked quite a bit about the boot process with the two
> > boot disks (boot.img and bootnet.img), and the driver disks.   You might
> > be interested to know that this process has changed somewhat with the
> > new beta of Red Hat Linux ("Phoebe 3" or 8.0.94).  So if you take the
> > RHCE after the next version is released, be sure to go over this item
> > again!
> >
> > If you're interested in seeing the new setup, take a look at:
> > ftp://ftp.trilug.org/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/phoebe/en/os/i386/images/
> >
> > As you can see from the README, there is just one boot floppy, and you
> > need a driver disk for network installs.  The other cool thing is the
> > "boot.iso".  I haven't played with this yet, but I think it's an
> > "ISOLinux" boot CD image that will allow all methods of installation.
> > So this way you can do a network install by using this special boot.iso
> > -- needed if there's no floppy drive.  ("Syslinux", which relies on the
> > 1.44 MB El Torido floppy image, is no longer used in the 8.0.94 beta.)
> >
> > --Jeremy

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Mike Broome
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