On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 Roberto Safora Romay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Reading about Nt server 4.0 appeared :
>El Torito bootable CD-ROM (no-emulation mode) format.
>What is that?

Many telephony standards are named by the colour of the book
they were published in, many CD standards are named
after places where the ideas were hammered out.
I guess there's more of a social side to CD engineers! ;-)

A quick search at AltaVista: http://www.digital.altavista.com
using search string: "El Torito" bootable +CD-ROM

 (NB - if you just search on "El Torito"
  you get a _lot_ of eating-houses!
  The El Torito where it happened is in Irvine, CA :-)

gives, near the top of a lot of hits:

(1) the simple answer...

http://www.qps-inc.com/tips.htm "Tips" (104K), an interesting page
of general info about CD standards and CD-R burning.

"The “El Torito” Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification, Version 1.0,
defines a method of packaging one or several “images” of floppy or
hard disks on a single CD with the ability to selectively boot a
computer system from any single image. El Torito is an industry-wide,
open, nonlicensed standard that is available without charge for use
in developing computer systems, CD-ROM drives, and CD-Recordable software.
A bootable CD-ROM BIOS can “live” on a controller card for a CD-ROM drive,
either EIDE or SCSI, or on the CPU board of the computer."

(2) the real meat...

http://www.cdpage.com/eltoritoi.html
"Compact Disc Consulting - The Bootable CD (El Torito)"

has links to these resources:-

http://www.cdpage.com/danaboot.html
Fresh Tortillas and CD-ROM Standards:
 The El Torito Bootable CD-ROM Specification

http://www.cdpage.com/bootspec.pdf
Want a challenge? Try it just from the spec
 - The El Torrito Bootable CD Specification (PDF)

http://www.cdpage.com/bootablecdarticle.htm
Learn from my experience - a little easier
 - Writing Bootable CD-ROM - Try This at Home

http://nikko.simplenet.com/goldentime/bootcd.htm
Try Tung Cheng Tsai's method
 - Another way to do it with helpful information

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/2996/index.html
Jason Livingston has bootable CD info
 and a six step method using his BOOTISO program


(see also http://www.cdpage.com/homei.html The Compact Disk Homepage)


Len Warner <[log in to unmask]> http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~len/ ICQ:10120933

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