Syslinux - Sep 2009 - Strange Boot-Process with help of memdisk

Hi group,

I have a linux-system on a physical CD-ROM. I want to boot this CD-ROM  
via PXE, because this linux-system doesnt support PXE native.

My idea was the following.

* Creating a 50MB Harddisk-Image with help of QEMU.
* Partitioning tis Harddisk-Image with FAT.
* Copyying all the files of the physical boot-CD to the virtual HD-Image
   (The physical boot-CD contains already a isolinux.bin file)
* Booting the virtual hd-image with help of PXE
* Starting the installation Process by the isolinux.bin file

Is this possible, because I think it is not possible to boot virtual  
CD-ROMS by memdisk.

Thanks

Op 20090919 om 15:58 schreef reg at krautmann.net:
> Hi group,
>
> I have a linux-system on a physical CD-ROM. I want to boot this CD-ROM  
> via PXE, because this linux-system doesnt support PXE native.
>
> My idea was the following.
>
> * Creating a 50MB Harddisk-Image with help of QEMU.
> * Partitioning tis Harddisk-Image with FAT.
> * Copyying all the files of the physical boot-CD to the virtual HD-Image
>   (The physical boot-CD contains already a isolinux.bin file)
> * Booting the virtual hd-image with help of PXE
> * Starting the installation Process by the isolinux.bin file
>
> Is this possible, because I think it is not possible to boot virtual  
> CD-ROMS by memdisk.
There is "MEMDISK-ISO".
What I understand from it, is that it is MEMDISK for CD-ROM images.


Cheers
Geert Stappers

Hallo, Geert,

Du meintest am 19.09.09:
>> I have a linux-system on a physical CD-ROM. I want to boot this
>> CD-ROM via PXE, because this linux-system doesnt support PXE native.
[...]
> There is "MEMDISK-ISO".
> What I understand from it, is that it is MEMDISK for CD-ROM images.
Where is it?

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut

Hallo, Geert,

Du meintest am 19.09.09:
>> I have a linux-system on a physical CD-ROM. I want to boot this
>> CD-ROM via PXE, because this linux-system doesnt support PXE native.
[...]
> There is "MEMDISK-ISO".
> What I understand from it, is that it is MEMDISK for CD-ROM images.
  http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7356
  http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8258

Thank you for the hint!

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut