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I'll follow ou on these leads when I get time at work. Thanks jaclaz.

that's a limit of the el-torito stamdard, no workaround possible. Do read this: http://forum.winimage.com/viewtopic.php?t=2454 Not a "pre-made" solution, but a few hints, since everything is DOS based: 1) you can make four .img files (i.e. RAW disk images, either full HD images or partition images) and use grub4dos grldr as no-emulation bootsector from CD/DVD http://grub4dos.jot.com/WikiHome (search for keyword "grub4dos" here on MSFN and on 911CD forum for examples) 2) you can make four .img files (i.e. RAW disk images, full HD images) and use isolinux: http://syslinux.zytor.com/iso.php (search for keyword "isolinux" here on MSFN and on 911CD forum for examples) 3) You can use a device loader app to load device driver from autoexec.bat (or command line) instead of config.sys, there are other loaders besides DEVLOAD.COM, did you try DRVLOAD.COM?, see this for an example: http://vivil.free.fr/usbdosboot/ jaclaz I'll follow ou on these leads when I get time at work. Thanks jaclaz.

Have you done this in magic iso?? If so can you tell me how/what you did? That is because this was the first thing I tried.. and that part of magic iso I couldn't get to work (it loads the multiboot menu just fine but once I choose one of the options and it tries to load the cd I get "raw" errors). I've tried different versions of magic iso.. different cds.. verious other steps and no luck. (btw- all my cd images that I'm using are only 18MB in size if that matters) Also of note, the cds.iso's I used in magic iso for multiboot do boot by themselves, and those same images are the ones I use for magic iso multiboot cd.

I'm thinking it would be MUCH easier to set up multiboot cd/dvds if they could be simply written as an iso and then in the multiboot menu you choose which of the iso images you have on the cd/dvd to load.. and it does. In case that was a bit confusing, what I'm talking about is pretty much a: CD/DVD = contains multiple iso images >at boot choose 1 from a multiboot menu and it loads that iso image normally. Is this possible? If so, is their any documentation on steps to accomplish this or perhaps a program that builds this type of multiboot cd/dvd for you?

Scot, My ghost bootable cds are 18MB each. I think your confusing that with the boot floppy image for those cds which is 1.44MB. If I only could have a larger boot boot floppy I wouldn't need separate cds and images.. but alas I can't seem to find a way to move the majority of drivers from config.sys to autoexec.bat (after the cdrom gets assigned its driver and drive letter.. so it can be the repository for those config.sys files that eat up my 1.44MB floppy size). I've tried getting that work for quite some time with no luck (my best lead was using devload.com.. but it didn't work for what I needed it to do). Thus I was then left to trying to take my different ghost boot cds (wth 4 different cds I need to combine into 1 multiboot image) and burn them into one multiboot cd (assuming this can be done, I just haven't figured it out yet)..

Anybody?

Ok so I've read up on how to make a dvd (as I've learned the process is the same regardless if its to be burnt to a cd or dvd) and I'm running into a problem. All the dvd articles I'm reading tell me how to package OS's but not what I need to multiboot (My ghost images that use pcdos). I don't even see somethign similar or I would just start exparimenting and see if I could figure it out. I've gotten thus far: In following these directions: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=74862 I have no problem and when I get to this line: - Copy all the contents of the XP Pro CD to DVD\SETUP\XP\Professional. I instead copy the contents of the ghost CDs into each of these respective folders: CD\SETUP\GhostP2P CD\SETUP\GhostNET1 CD\SETUP\GhostNET2 CD\SETUP\GhostNET3 From this point on I'm lost (As this looks like its all specific to GUI microsoft OSes).. All the driections I find tell me how to extract the boot files from windows OS's using a script.. What I believe I need to do is place the different boot floppy images I have for the above 4 multiboot options somewhere (place them in the boot folder?).. Any advice as to what my next step(s) is/are? PS- I've also tried using: http://flyakite.msfn.org/ But that only deals with Gui OSes (that is not with dos/pcdos uses) so I didn't get any further then above.

Hi. Originally, it is used as Multiboot CD. But, when people thought about putting more stuffs then CD can give, they decided to use DVD, so that they can put lots of stuffs that more than 1GB. So, if you want to put stuffs less then 1GB, you can use CD for it. Thanks, well in that case, the section of that artical that says to use the folders: DVD\ DVD\BOOT\ DVD\BOOT\TOOLS\ DVD\SETUP\XP\Professional Does it really matter that the folders are labeled "DVD" and not say "CD" (as I'll be making a multiboot CD)? (I imagine any name would work.. as long as they were all the same, no?)

Such that.. if I followed this to make a bootable CD (even though its instructions to create a multiboot DVD): http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=74862 Would it work for a cd?

At work I use 4 different ghost bootable cds (each 18MB or so) that I've created (they boot using pcdos 7.1, have several menu options in config.sys to load different settings for ghost). Now I've wanted to make one multiboot cd that lets me choose which image of the 4 to load but haven't had much luck. Thus far since I've used MAGICISO to make the cds I already have and they work well. I then tried using the "make multiboot image" option in Magiciso, after I create it, I hit apply (I see the folders added to the list of files to be added to the multiboot cd). I then hit save (saving the multiboot image) then burn it to a cd. When i go to use it, I get a nice menu and all but any number I choose I get various "raw/emulation" error.. Thinking maybe I err'd somewhere I redid this several times, then tested my images which are good.. so I'm not sure the cause but this approach isn't panning me the results that I need. My other efforts looking online for free multiboot software seems to lead me to either payware (which I can't authorize for my work to buy) or freeware that looks so complex that I'll have to study it for weeks straight to get a rudimentary grasp of how it works. So my question is a bit general but to you enlightened multiboot cd creators out there, with my particular situation what would you recommend I do/use so I can create a multiboot cd finally? Thanks for your time.