DOS ain't dead - CD booting with BOOTMGR manager

Laaca

Czech republic,
12.01.2015, 19:27

CD booting with BOOTMGR manager (Users)

I like and everyday use the boot manager BOOTMGR from BTTR-software.
It allows to boot from any hard disk partition and from diskette drive.
But it can't boot from CD.
I understand that adding such support could be difficult and size of the generated code maybe could break some size limit.

So I want to ask for alternative solution.
It would we sufficient to select for booting some very small disc partition with code which could chain the booting proces onto CD-ROM.

I know that GRUB4DOS can do such things but I am not sure if it will work not from MBR location but from partition location.
And besides that, GRUB4DOS is too complicated, maybe somebody knows some more light and straightforward solution?

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DOS-u-akbar!

RayeR

CZ,
12.01.2015, 19:50

@ Laaca

CD booting with BOOTMGR manager

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I don't think grub4dos is complicated, I would say less than grub2.
But you can try PLOP - CD boot is on feature list besides generic USB support :)

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Laaca

Czech republic,
12.01.2015, 22:51

@ RayeR

CD booting with BOOTMGR manager

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I am not sure if I was understood correctly.
I want this boot chain

boot_start -> BOOTMGR manager DOS partition Windows partition micro partition ----> something (PLOP, GRUB?) -> authomatic forward into CD

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DOS-u-akbar!