Ultra <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It will work as long as:
> 1) BIOS supports it and turned on (like you did)
> 2) BIOS has to detect the CDROM at boot, therefore, use "AUTO" detect for IDE
> devices, otherwise it won't see the CD.
> 3) The CD disk has to be bootable, eg Win98, NT4 (win95 is not)
The specification for a bootable CDROM is called "El Torito" (no joke), and more
information can be found at http://nikko.simplenet.com/goldentime/bootcd.htm
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