Messages in this thread |  | | From | ron@caldera ... | Subject | Re: Developing Linux boot from CDROM | Date | Wed, 16 Oct 1996 22:32:14 -0600 (MDT) |
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> > Hallo, > > I remember vague that I have seen some pointer to make CD's bootable on > www.microsofty.com, together with some NDA to get the specs. But I didn't > find it again. > I mail Award and MrBios as BIOS Manufacturs for Information on that > subject. If I get something, I will let you know too. Perhaps try the same
We started making our Caldera Open Linux CDROMs bootable about a month ago. It's quite nice if your machine's BIOS supports it. Put in the CD, hit reset, and in a few moments you are in our Linux install program - no floppies, no DOS...
An HTML format version of the spec can be found at:
"El Torito" Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification - Version 1.0 http://www.cd-info.com/CDIC/Bibliography.html
The PDF format documents from Phoenix can be found at:
http://www.ptltd.com/techs/specs.html
Other useful, related info can be found at:
CD Bibliography http://ww.org/w/cdos/
Ron
-- Ron Holt <ron@caldera.com> Caldera, Inc.
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