Subject: Re: bootable CD-ROM images?
To: John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington-heights.ma.us>
From: Zdenek Salvet <salvet@horn.ics.muni.cz>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/01/1997 15:34:39
> I'm guessing it's the "El Torito" Phoenix/IBM bootable CD-ROM
> format--have any of you run into this, and/or tried creating such
> images, and/or have a tool? It would be Quite Cool if NetBSD were to be
> packaged on a bootable CD-ROM for i386.
I think bootable ffs image could be placed directly to CD instead of ISO-9660
but I have not tried it yet.
There is paragraph about it in Andy Mc Fadden's CD-R FAQ:
For PCs, it's a bit more of a challenge. The BIOS on some ma-
chines supports bootable CDs. Phoenix (the BIOS developer) has
created the El Torito standard for doing this sort of thing. You
can find specifications and a "how to" guide at
http://www.ptltd.com/techs/specs.html.
A step-by-step procedure can be found in HTML form at
http://mail.ncku.edu.tw/~thlx/bootcd.htm and in text form at
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/fa/fadden/bootcd.txt. The latter has
some other notes as well.
CDR Publisher can make bootable CDs for PCs and UNIX. See section
(6-1-9).
There is another document from CDROM Professional Magazine on the internet:
http://www.onlineinc.com/cdrompro/CP1995/AugCP95/starrett.html.
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