On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:48:20 -0800, Trouble@Mill thoughtfully wrote:

> OK, I'm in the last throws of upgrading all my machines, and when I've
> finished I won't have any with a floppy drive any more.
>
> Before that happens though, I'm planning on burning a couple of 'rescue'
> CDs that I can boot from. I have enough boot floppies lying around, and I
> know how to extract them to provide the El Torito (couldn't they have
> picked a better Mexican restaurant <G>) boot image.
>
> But my concern is, how can I maintain that image after the last floppy
> drive hits /dev/null. I'm sure that at some time I'll need to add a
> driver to config.sys or autoexec.bat (I know, but I do have a couple of
> WinBlows machines for the wife and kids). But I will say, the DOS image
> is IBM's PC DOS, not Micro$hafts. Go ReXX.
>
> Are there any programs out there than can 'manipulate' the boot image. Or
> am I worrying needlessly.
>
> Also, has anyone any experience of using -eltorito-alt-boot. If so, how
> does that work. Do you just specify another -b <bootimage> after the
> switch. And if you want more, do you just keep repeating
> -eltorito-alt-boot and -b <bootimage> ad nauseum.
>
> Cheers,
> Eddie

From what I remember about El Torito. You placed the bootimage in a path
and the remainder of the files for the CDs in another path. Then the El
Torito creates a bootable floppy.

However, if your wife's Winblows PC has Ahead Nero 5.x the I suggest using
that to make as many bootable CDs as you think you need.