20/12/2003 16:55

I have read existing posts regarding getting m0n0wall running on a 
machine which can't boot directly from CD, but they don't have 
solutions for what I'm wanting. 

I'm not sure if this is even possible but what I'd like to do is be 
able to boot from a MS-DOS formatted boot floppy which can then boot 
the m0n0wall CD. 

I am wanting to avoid use of a hard disk (I want to use the 850MB HDD 
which is currently being used for smoothwall in the machine I want to 
run m0n0wall on, in another machine), and I also do not want to have 
to 
purchase CF readers (I can't afford to buy anything extra, 
basically). 

I know there is the likes of Smart Boot Manager, but that just takes 
over the floppy for itself. I suppose what I need (if something 
exists) 
is a MS-DOS utility which can boot CDs (MSCDEX isn't any use of 
course 
as it can't boot CDs, only read them). If such a utility exists, it 
would be great - I could boot from the floppy, but also use it to 
store 
the m0n0wall configuration. 

There may be other ways to do this but the key thing here is that I 
only want to use the floppy drive and CD-ROM drive and no HDD or CF 
card. 

I hope someone has a solution.

Thanks,
Robert Gordon



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Robert Gordon
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