Chris,
--- Chris Adams cmadams@hiwaay.net wrote:
SYSLINUX doesn't know how to read from CDs. ISOLINUX is different; it does not use a bootable floppy image, however it still uses the El Torito extensions (it doesn't know how to read from the CD itself).
El Torito specifies several BIOS extensions for booting from CD; the most commonly used (and most commonly supported) is to put the image of a bootable floppy and have the El Torito extension read it and emulate a floppy drive. Some computers that support El Torito extensions only support booting from a floppy image.
I've always wondered why some computers will not boot from a bootable install disk, while others will boot from the same disk. Thanks for the explanation.
Mike Smith
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