Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Little-known features of El Torito Spec | Date | Mon, 30 Aug 1999 11:01:03 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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<dan@shearer.org> said: > > dan@shearer.org said: > > > So what does El Torito let us do? > > > 1. You can have multiple boot images > > > 2. You can have no-emulation booting.
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> So why do all these Linux distributions insist on doing their CD booting > using steam-driven technology? Think of how neat it could be! Admittedly > it would work on a slightly smaller set of hardware, but it would serve > the majority of x86 users.
Because (as has been hashed out here a couple of times), the only boot method real-world BIOSes give you is the steam-driven one. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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