[K12OSN] Rom-o-matic OT

Josiah Ritchie jritchie at bible.edu
Fri Aug 13 13:46:47 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 21:42, Timothy Legge wrote:

> zdsk = Floppy version (cat eb.zdsk > /dev/fd0)
> zrom = Rom version to be written to a eprom 
> iso = Bootable cd 
> liso = cd with support for a floppy like loader
> zlilo = loadable via a boot loader (lilo, grub etc)
> zpxe = load etherboot via pxe
> com = Dos loadable version
> elf = linux bios
> 
> Most users will start with the zdsk, possibly graduate to zpxe and do a
> post graduate degree in zrom (require an eprom programmer or some
> specific NICs and eproms).
> 
> Most of the other formats are fairly specalized.

The .iso and liso are considered specialized? I'm assuming they burn to
a CD and boot up like a floppy would?

Thanks,
Josiah





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