Re: [WinMac] Win ME bootable "floppy" CD help.

From: Brian Durant (durant[at]cbn.net.id)
Date: Fri Feb 21 2003 - 11:29:25 EST

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    OK, I created the CD as per your response. It boots on all systems that
    I have, except the one that I want it to boot from. Ideas?

    Cheers,

    Brian

    Wilcox, Curtis wrote:

    >>-----Original Message-----
    >>From: Brian Durant [mailto:durant@cbn.net.id]
    >>Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:02 AM
    >>To: winmac@iffy.com
    >>Subject: Re: [WinMac] Win ME bootable "floppy" CD help.
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    >>I am using Nero 5.5. Sounds like what you are talking about is a
    >>multi-session CD? I suppose I could try to make a copy of the
    >>ME CD and
    >>then add the floppy contents. Would that be enough to get it
    >>to work? No
    >>need to edit the Autoexec.bat and config.sys files from the floppy?
    >>Should Joliet be enabled? Would I be making an ISO 9660 (1) or (2) CD?
    >>
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    >I think you need to read the documentation for Nero. The feature list
    >includes Bootable CD support so the documentation should explain it.
    ><http://www.nero.com/en/content/c1022860657460.html>
    >
    >I can tell you that when Easy CD makes a bootable CD from a floppy, it
    >creates 2 files BOOTIMG.BIN, which is a disk image of the floppy, and
    >BOOTCAT.BIN, which I assume is something which points the BIOS to the image
    >file. You add the rest of what you want to the "project" then tell Easy CD
    >to burn it all to disk. By default the format is ISO9660 but you could
    >probably make it Joliet, I've never tried. You can leave the disk open for
    >other sessions if you want.
    >
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