Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:58:50 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9 is now available Message-ID: <20031030085850.GA26949@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3FA0B460.7090008@freebsd.org> References: <200310300559.h9U5xAKx000299@ice.nodomain> <3FA0B460.7090008@freebsd.org>
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--Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 11:49:04PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > 5.x uses an entirely different mechanism to make the CD bootable. The > mechanism used in 4.x is similar to what Microsoft used for the Windows > 95/98 CD's (Emulated El-Torito), while 5.x uses a similar mechanism as > Windows 2000/XP (Non-Emulated El-Torito). Since Microsoft only requires > support for the second method in order to award the MS logo, I suspect > that support for the first method is starting to die out in mainstream > BIOSes. Perhaps this should be documented somewhere. Kris --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/oNLJWry0BWjoQKURAmEvAJ4ytKGicSeXId/P2LYZXJuoKZlJYACfYqWB KJ477B+B9NFPhFtxA4rgCHw= =Kdq/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--
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