On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:37:02 -0800, Andrew E.
wrote:

With desktop pcs,one would only need to set the boot device priority
in the BIOS,install cd at that time.Does youre hardware have similiar.

"Jim" wrote:

Can anyone tell me how one would go about creating a bootdisk
that would run a certain operating system setup program?

The disk has the AUTORUN.INF file in the correct format, but
the disc still will not boot. What I want to do is insert a
completely empty C: hard disk drive in my Thinkpad, and have the DVD
drive run the setup.exe for an operating system which is on the disk,
but it will not autostart.

I understand NERO has a way to create a bootdisk. Is there any other
way to create a disk that will autostart.

The Autorun.inf file reads as follows:

[Autorun]
open=setup.exe
icon=setup.exe,0


With the Thinkpad, you have the option to boot from the CD/DVD drive
upon startup.

Anyone know how I can make this disk autostart? I'm sure something is
missing from the disc.
.



Yes, it is set to boot from the Optical Drive. Commericial disks
(say Microsoft Windows) will boot, but this disc was a custom made
disc, and it won't boot. From what I have been able to Google the
disc needs the "El Torito" standard bootfile. Apparently it looks in
a certain sector on the disc at a certain loacation in that sector,
but will have to keep digging. I thought there may be a simple
program that would allow it to work the same way a commercial disc
like say Windows would work.