->  WC> No idea what this dated BIOS supports by way of DVD.

-> If it supports booting from a CD-ROM then it will support booting from a
-> DVD-ROM.  They both are ATAPI unless they are SCSI.

OK this I didn't know.

-> I have built both bootable CD's and DVD's and there is no difference other then
-> the formatting when buring them which should be of no consequence if you don't
-> ever plan on building iso's.  Burning them is a slightly different story 
   
This I suspected.

-> but
-> seeing you're just using someone else's root/boot (live version) then I'd take
-> that issue up with them if it is a problem.

-> The live version of ttylinux works great and isn't bloated.  Mind you no GUI
-> stuff so it doesn't have to be bloated.  :-)

Heard of it but no details.
I'll have to google for it and see what turns up.
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