Chris,
--- Chris Adams <cmadams(a)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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