Possible to boot a DVD on x86 and SPARC?? - Solaris
This is a discussion on Possible to boot a DVD on x86 and SPARC?? - Solaris ; I was thinking the other day about making a live DVD for some
application. Would it be possible to make one which would boot from both
a SPARC and x86 box and it automatically go to the right kernel? People
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Possible to boot a DVD on x86 and SPARC??
I was thinking the other day about making a live DVD for some
application. Would it be possible to make one which would boot from both
a SPARC and x86 box and it automatically go to the right kernel? People
often dual boot hard disks, so I guess a dual-boot DVD could be done. I
don't know though.
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Re: Possible to boot a DVD on x86 and SPARC??
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
> In article <4887b737@212.67.96.135>,
> Dave writes:
>> I was thinking the other day about making a live DVD for some
>> application. Would it be possible to make one which would boot from both
>> a SPARC and x86 box and it automatically go to the right kernel? People
>> often dual boot hard disks, so I guess a dual-boot DVD could be done. I
>> don't know though.
>
> Not something I've thought about before,
No, I can't imagine many wanting to do it. It was as much a thought
experiment as anything else.
> So I think you might be able to overlay sparc and x86 images so they
> don't trample on each other. You might even be able to arrange for
> shared areas (such as /usr/share).
>
Thank you. If I take it any further, I'll let you know what happens.