OS on a CD....

[ac1dsp3ctrum]

Is it possible to install an OS onto a CD-R disc and make it bootable.... I tried the OSs in my previos post but they arent that good.... I was thinking of taking a minimal XP or 2000 installation and putting it onto a CD..... Is that possible, and if yes, Does anyone know how I would go about doing this?

[alittlebitnumb]

http://www.netsonic.fi/~osiltane/tech/win2000cd.shtml

is one.

http://www.bink.nu/Bootcd/default.htm

is another.

For Windows XP, go here:http://members.chello.nl/a.vanheumen1/nero/

Hope this helps. The site have the files and the tips, etc.

[dstevens1958]

Well, I just read from:
http://linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=2
that SuSE Linux live-eval that runs completely off a CD. Then I remembered reading this thread not even 10 minutes ago! U could give it a try... (If u want Linux.)
I'm just about to download it and see if it works!

[ac1dsp3ctrum]

NO, numb... Thats not what I meant... I dont want the installation to be bootable but the OS itself... I want to put in the CD and have it boot into explorer so i can edit files, etc.

[alittlebitnumb]

Ohhh..you mean an autorun.inf file that opens explorer? Here's something that might prove useful: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...oplay_cmds.asp

It gives all the commands to make an autorun.inf. Instead of opening an "autorun.exe" file, have it open explorer itself, something on the lines of

[autorun]
shell=explorer.exe

or

[autorun]
open=explorer.exe

there are other tricks too. Hope this helps.

[ac1dsp3ctrum]

Ok, But I still dont know what files to copy to get it to work....

[alittlebitnumb]

Well, if I understand correctly, copy the needed files in a seperate folder and modify the AUTORUN.INF file to open the root directory of the CDROM drive rather than the SETUP.EXE.

It can probably be done this way:

[AUTORUN]

open=explorer.exe

or

[AUTORUN]

shellexecute=explorer.exe (or whatever folder you want to open)

That way, it will disable the setup menu

Since I do not know how "minimal" of an installation you want, this should do the trick.

[aeallison]

I found this with a google search...

http://www.thetechguide.com/forum/sh...are&Number=903

This is another board with a discussion on this very subject.

[th3>kLuTz]

ac1dsp3ctrum, is what you are asking is if you can use a cdr like a hd? I know that I have often wondered if I could take a minimal version of 98 or xp and put it on cd-rw and use it like a pop-in hard drive, so I could run my own OS on any computer. Is this what you are asking?

[indolent]

i was myself just looking for something like this,
http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/
is what i found hope it helps