Re: boot from zip drive?

Bryn Paul Arnold Jones (bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:32:35 +0000 (GMT)


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On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Andreas Kostyrka wrote:

> On 26 Mar 1998, Neal Becker wrote:
>
> > Can linux boot from a zip drive? How is it done?
> The same as with any other OS. Get the BIOS to recognize it as a boot
> drive :)
>
> Andreas
>

Ok, first only if it's a SCSI zip drive, and then only directly if your
SCSI card will let you boot from ID 5 or 6 (I seem to rember those are
the options of ID the zip drive allows).

The only other way is to use a disk to start a loader (either on a floppy,
or a harddisk). Actually a dos floppy with loadlin and a kernel image on
is proberbly a good way ;).

Bryn
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