[Solved] Re: Little-known features of El Torito Spec

Mikael Pettersson (dan@shearer.org)
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 17:37:23 +0930 (CST)


Ted Ts'o said:

> This sounds really interesting!

Many others think so too judging from the private replies I've had.

> The big question is how many systems
:
> Unfortunately, the only way I know for sure to check would be to make
> some ISO images available and ask people to test it and see whether it
> works.

Yes. Peter Horton <pdh@berserk.demon.co.uk> said to me:

> I've got a patch for 'mkisofs' to allow non-emulation/hard disk booting
> etc. Check out http://www.colonel-panic.com ...

So if you or someone else gets to publishing test images before I do then
good! The upshot appears to be no kernel mods required, all work done
except for mass testing of BIOSes.

Dan

PS Eric, my messages to your old address bounced. Look at the archives of
linux-kernel for rest of this thread.

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