Re: [ros-kernel]CDROM bootsector

[Daniel G. <da...@fp...>]

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:51:47 +0200
"Eric Kohl" <ek...@rz...> wrote:

> 
> "Michael Rich" <alp...@al...> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Here's an MS KB article on the subject.
> >
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q167685
> >
> 
> Modern cd-writer software does that for you. If your software supports the
> creation of bootable cds (El Torito format) you don't need to deal with
> this. IMO it seems to be a workaround for cd-writer software that doesn't
> support bootable cds.
> 
> Eric

Well, there's always the fact that, once you've booted the CD, you generally
need to be able to access it to install or whatever.  For that, you need an
ISO driver.  Many up and coming OSs don't have ISO drivers (reactos among them
for now) so they, in the early stages, use Linux on their bootable CDs to
install.  All that takes is writing a driver for their prefered FS if Linux
does not already have one.

Daniel