Well, the good news is, I finally got BootCD to make a disc that boots, on my machine at least. The bad news is that I had to start over from scratch to do so, with the result that I've probably broken lots of apps and things that people want to use. So before I release, I need to have this tested pretty thoroughly.
First, I need to test this on a wider range of hardware than I have access to over here. If anyone has something very new like a G5 or something very old like a Rev A iMac (as long as the machine is supported by Panther), it would be good to know if BootCD can boot those machines successfully. In particular interest to me are PowerBooks with SuperDrives as I've had trouble with those before.
Secondly, I'd like to know if the apps people like to use would work. DiskWarrior seems to work on my boot CD, but I would like to know if TechTool Pro works as well, so if anyone has it, it would make a good test. I have doubts that Norton would work, but it wouldn't hurt to try that anyway if someone is willing. Additionally, if there's anything else you like to do with a boot CD, be it network access, FireWire, Carbon Copy Cloner, whatever, I'd like to know whether it works or not.
The testable build is not completely ready yet, as there's a little optimization to do, but it should be ready in the next few days. In the meantime, I'd like a few e-mail addresses, if anyone would like to test. Post your e-mail address in here, or e-mail it to me at support at charlessoft dot com. Thanks!
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