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List:       netbsd-port-amd64
Subject:    Re: Switching i386/amd64 to native CD-based installation?
From:       Martin Husemann <martin () duskware ! de>
Date:       2005-06-29 7:07:03
Message-ID: 20050629070703.GB17239 () drowsy ! duskware ! de
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On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 10:14:54AM -0700, John Clark wrote:
> However, what is the BIOS support for a 'native' boot off of CD's. I 
> thought the El Torrito method
> was the only supported method

El Torrito defines three methods: (1) floppy emulation [what we use untill
now], (2) hard disk emulation and (3) no emulation.

We are about to switch from (1) to (3), with "native CD bootcode", that does
not need the BIOS to pretend it has been read from floppy or harddisk.

None of this applies to USB booting - for that you will still use "biosboot".

Martin
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