The CD has to be bootable in order to boot to CD. Linux( Mandrake) is
bootable and Windows 2000, and NT 4 are bootable CDs.  They just start the
installation process.

There really is not a reason to have it set on unless to want to install Win
NT or Linux. Win9x CD are NOT bootable. Having the CD bootable is good for
such OS installations or if you want to recover your HD from a backup image
on CD. However, its is very complicated to actually create a bootable CD. As
far as I know there aren't any programs to make a CD-R bootable.

--Patrick Black

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bill Nussbaumer
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 10:07 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Booting from CD ROM


Hi all,

I'm trying to boot my computer from the CD-ROM.  I have an Abit BH6
motherboard and a Hi-Val 32X CDROM (not sure the model right off).  I set
the CMOS to boot - CDROM, C, A but when I restart the computer it boots
from C:.

Is it necessary to have a CDROM specially designed for this purpose of
should any CD-ROM work so long as the feature is supported in the BIOS?

TIA,

Bill Nussbaumer

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