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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2008-09-05 15:21:40 -0700 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2008-09-05 15:21:40 -0700 |
| commit | c4410d5977e8cb2cfe468faeed6e60e72b58ccac (patch) | |
| tree | 1b4ea06b5f13550fbbb2e1cf699cc456c90f593a /doc/isolinux.txt | |
| parent | 669c4e56aa4e672cd651b316075440a9f639be7e (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-c4410d5977e8cb2cfe468faeed6e60e72b58ccac.tar.gz | |
isohybrid: fix partition table generation, documentsyslinux-3.72-pre3
Fix the generation of the partition table in isohybrid; also document
the operation of the partition table.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/isolinux.txt')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/isolinux.txt b/doc/isolinux.txt index dd8bca5a..eca2a974 100644 --- a/doc/isolinux.txt +++ b/doc/isolinux.txt @@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ This image can then be copied using any raw disk writing tool (on Unix systems, typically "dd" or "cat") to a USB disk, or written to a CD-ROM using standard CD burning tools. +The ISO 9660 filesystem is encapsulated in a partition (which starts +at offset zero, which may confuse some systems.) This makes it +possible for the operating system, once booted, to use the remainder +of the device for persistent storage by creating a second partition. + ++++ BOOTING DOS (OR OTHER SIMILAR OPERATING SYSTEMS) ++++ |