A while back - Distribution installation media that could boot on several platforms?
Quite a while I saw a distribution of a *nix operating system where the installation media (CD? DVD?) contained binaries for several hardware platforms, and could boot and install directly on several of these. My best bet is that this was either OpenBSD or NetBSD but I cannot remember when or where I saw this.
I would like to have a closer look at the boot code making this possible.
My question is, what was it I saw back then?
system-installation iso multiboot
asked Jan 13 '17 at 16:17
Thorbjørn Ravn AndersenThorbjørn Ravn Andersen
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Quite a while I saw a distribution of a *nix operating system where the installation media (CD? DVD?) contained binaries for several hardware platforms, and could boot and install directly on several of these. My best bet is that this was either OpenBSD or NetBSD but I cannot remember when or where I saw this.
I would like to have a closer look at the boot code making this possible.
My question is, what was it I saw back then?
system-installation iso multiboot
asked Jan 13 '17 at 16:17
Thorbjørn Ravn AndersenThorbjørn Ravn Andersen
820714
1
Definitely, its OpenBSD 2.1 - openbsd.org/21.html
– nwildner
Jan 13 '17 at 17:19
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Quite a while I saw a distribution of a *nix operating system where the installation media (CD? DVD?) contained binaries for several hardware platforms, and could boot and install directly on several of these. My best bet is that this was either OpenBSD or NetBSD but I cannot remember when or where I saw this.
I would like to have a closer look at the boot code making this possible.
My question is, what was it I saw back then?
system-installation iso multiboot
asked Jan 13 '17 at 16:17
Thorbjørn Ravn AndersenThorbjørn Ravn Andersen
820714
Quite a while I saw a distribution of a *nix operating system where the installation media (CD? DVD?) contained binaries for several hardware platforms, and could boot and install directly on several of these. My best bet is that this was either OpenBSD or NetBSD but I cannot remember when or where I saw this.
I would like to have a closer look at the boot code making this possible.
My question is, what was it I saw back then?
system-installation iso multiboot
system-installation iso multiboot
asked Jan 13 '17 at 16:17
Thorbjørn Ravn AndersenThorbjørn Ravn Andersen
820714
asked Jan 13 '17 at 16:17
Thorbjørn Ravn AndersenThorbjørn Ravn Andersen
820714
edited 3 mins ago
Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
asked Jan 13 '17 at 16:17
Thorbjørn Ravn AndersenThorbjørn Ravn Andersen
820714
asked Jan 13 '17 at 16:17
Thorbjørn Ravn AndersenThorbjørn Ravn Andersen
820714
asked Jan 13 '17 at 16:17
Thorbjørn Ravn AndersenThorbjørn Ravn Andersen
820714
820714
1
Definitely, its OpenBSD 2.1 - openbsd.org/21.html
– nwildner
Jan 13 '17 at 17:19
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Definitely, its OpenBSD 2.1 - openbsd.org/21.html
– nwildner
Jan 13 '17 at 17:19
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Definitely, its OpenBSD 2.1 - openbsd.org/21.html
– nwildner
Jan 13 '17 at 17:19
Definitely, its OpenBSD 2.1 - openbsd.org/21.html
– nwildner
Jan 13 '17 at 17:19
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I know of a couple of systems whose installation CDs can be booted on multiple platforms.
The first is OpenBSD, as you seem to remember. OpenBSD 2.1's first CD can boot on i386, ARC and SPARC; OpenBSD 3.0's first CD can boot on i386 and Alpha; and so it goes. (Some CDs include additional architectures with more complex booting requirements, e.g. over the network or using other tools to copy files.) The current release, OpenBSD 6.0, supports i386, Alpha and HPPA off its first CD, but only i386 can boot from the CD; Alpha needs a floppy and HPPA a network boot.
The second is Debian, which has had a variety of multi-architecture CDs. The current release, Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0, can boot on i386 and amd64. Older releases supported a variety of architectures from single CDs; for example, Debian 4 had one CD for i386, amd64 and PowerPC, and another for Alpha, HPPA and Itanium.
answered Jan 13 '17 at 16:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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I didn't know that, I was always under the impression it's just i386 and amd64 which on which those CD's could run.
– shirish
Jan 21 '17 at 18:05
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I know of a couple of systems whose installation CDs can be booted on multiple platforms.
The first is OpenBSD, as you seem to remember. OpenBSD 2.1's first CD can boot on i386, ARC and SPARC; OpenBSD 3.0's first CD can boot on i386 and Alpha; and so it goes. (Some CDs include additional architectures with more complex booting requirements, e.g. over the network or using other tools to copy files.) The current release, OpenBSD 6.0, supports i386, Alpha and HPPA off its first CD, but only i386 can boot from the CD; Alpha needs a floppy and HPPA a network boot.
The second is Debian, which has had a variety of multi-architecture CDs. The current release, Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0, can boot on i386 and amd64. Older releases supported a variety of architectures from single CDs; for example, Debian 4 had one CD for i386, amd64 and PowerPC, and another for Alpha, HPPA and Itanium.
answered Jan 13 '17 at 16:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
166k24367447
I didn't know that, I was always under the impression it's just i386 and amd64 which on which those CD's could run.
– shirish
Jan 21 '17 at 18:05
add a comment |
I know of a couple of systems whose installation CDs can be booted on multiple platforms.
The first is OpenBSD, as you seem to remember. OpenBSD 2.1's first CD can boot on i386, ARC and SPARC; OpenBSD 3.0's first CD can boot on i386 and Alpha; and so it goes. (Some CDs include additional architectures with more complex booting requirements, e.g. over the network or using other tools to copy files.) The current release, OpenBSD 6.0, supports i386, Alpha and HPPA off its first CD, but only i386 can boot from the CD; Alpha needs a floppy and HPPA a network boot.
The second is Debian, which has had a variety of multi-architecture CDs. The current release, Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0, can boot on i386 and amd64. Older releases supported a variety of architectures from single CDs; for example, Debian 4 had one CD for i386, amd64 and PowerPC, and another for Alpha, HPPA and Itanium.
answered Jan 13 '17 at 16:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
166k24367447
I didn't know that, I was always under the impression it's just i386 and amd64 which on which those CD's could run.
– shirish
Jan 21 '17 at 18:05
add a comment |
I know of a couple of systems whose installation CDs can be booted on multiple platforms.
The first is OpenBSD, as you seem to remember. OpenBSD 2.1's first CD can boot on i386, ARC and SPARC; OpenBSD 3.0's first CD can boot on i386 and Alpha; and so it goes. (Some CDs include additional architectures with more complex booting requirements, e.g. over the network or using other tools to copy files.) The current release, OpenBSD 6.0, supports i386, Alpha and HPPA off its first CD, but only i386 can boot from the CD; Alpha needs a floppy and HPPA a network boot.
The second is Debian, which has had a variety of multi-architecture CDs. The current release, Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0, can boot on i386 and amd64. Older releases supported a variety of architectures from single CDs; for example, Debian 4 had one CD for i386, amd64 and PowerPC, and another for Alpha, HPPA and Itanium.
answered Jan 13 '17 at 16:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
166k24367447
I know of a couple of systems whose installation CDs can be booted on multiple platforms.
The first is OpenBSD, as you seem to remember. OpenBSD 2.1's first CD can boot on i386, ARC and SPARC; OpenBSD 3.0's first CD can boot on i386 and Alpha; and so it goes. (Some CDs include additional architectures with more complex booting requirements, e.g. over the network or using other tools to copy files.) The current release, OpenBSD 6.0, supports i386, Alpha and HPPA off its first CD, but only i386 can boot from the CD; Alpha needs a floppy and HPPA a network boot.
The second is Debian, which has had a variety of multi-architecture CDs. The current release, Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0, can boot on i386 and amd64. Older releases supported a variety of architectures from single CDs; for example, Debian 4 had one CD for i386, amd64 and PowerPC, and another for Alpha, HPPA and Itanium.
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answered Jan 13 '17 at 16:54
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answered Jan 13 '17 at 16:54
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answered Jan 13 '17 at 16:54
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I didn't know that, I was always under the impression it's just i386 and amd64 which on which those CD's could run.
– shirish
Jan 21 '17 at 18:05
add a comment |
I didn't know that, I was always under the impression it's just i386 and amd64 which on which those CD's could run.
– shirish
Jan 21 '17 at 18:05
I didn't know that, I was always under the impression it's just i386 and amd64 which on which those CD's could run.
– shirish
Jan 21 '17 at 18:05
I didn't know that, I was always under the impression it's just i386 and amd64 which on which those CD's could run.
– shirish
Jan 21 '17 at 18:05
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Definitely, its OpenBSD 2.1 - openbsd.org/21.html
– nwildner
Jan 13 '17 at 17:19