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Is there a way to add a selection for CD-ROM to GRUB? I know there's the Floppy option, but would like the CD-ROM as an option too!...
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  1. 02-08-2004 #1
    sdousley
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    CD-ROM Boot

    Is there a way to add a selection for CD-ROM to GRUB? I know there's the Floppy option, but would like the CD-ROM as an option too!
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    Unfortunately, that's hard to fix. Since the BIOS calls don't support CD-ROM access, GRUB can't access the CD-ROM either.
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    But you should be able to boot from CD from your BIOS. And probably make it ask you where to boot from on every boot.
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