In message <199610021509.RAA23721@kurt.tools.de> Wolfgang Solfrank writes:
: CHRP (Common Hardware Reference Platform) require that the firmware be able
: to load the bootcode from FAT filesystems or 9660 filesystems either directly
: from a disk or from an FDISK partition (including an extended one).

The ARC BIOS standard for MIPS based PC class machines has similar
requirements.

Warner