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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:34:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: Thomas Dixon <thomas@vbc.net>
Subject: RE: Problems with booting of CD-ROM (fwd)
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On 16-Oct-01 Thomas Dixon wrote:
> I'm trying to make a bootable CD using the cdboot program that come with
> freeBSD in /sys/i386/boot/cdboot.  The computer I'm trying to do this on
> definately boots other CDs as it has booted several other CDs.  However
> using a CD I've made using mkisofs and cdboot it gives the error;
>  
>       Your BIOS int 0x13 extensions seem to be disabled.
>       It's impossible to boot a CD-ROM without them.
>       (BIOS int 0x13 fn 0x4b01 yielded error 1)
>  
> I'm using an Asus P5A motherboard, there appears to be no way to enable
> the int 0x13 extensions in the BIOS and there is nothing in the manual
> that refers to these.
> 
> Any ideas why this error is coming up or how to fix it?

Don't use cdboot or cdldr, they don't qutie work yet. :(

Instead, make a floppy image and use that to boot.

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