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=== CDs are wild and crazy ===
 
For CDs to boot without using Boot#### variables or the CSM, A couple of other things need to be true:
For CDs to boot without using Boot#### variables or the CSM, they need to be Apple Partition Map formatted, i.e. the format Apple has used since they derived it from the format NeXT used when they bought them. This means to make a disc that works on EFI+Apple+BIOS you need to actually /execute/ the APM header signature on BIOS machines. Thankfully that's pretty safe, but it's a little squicky in your head. [http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/The_Syslinux_Project syslinux]]'s "isohybrid" utility has had this ability to build this sort of image since version 4.05 .
 
For CDs to boot without using Boot#### variables or the CSM, they need to be Apple Partition Map formatted, i.e. the format Apple has used since they derived it from the format NeXT used when they bought them. This means to make a disc that works on EFI+Apple+BIOS you need to actually /execute/ the APM header signature on BIOS machines. Thankfully that's pretty safe, but it's a little squicky in your head. [http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/The_Syslinux_Project syslinux]]'s "isohybrid" utility has had this ability to build this sort of image since version 4.05 .
 
It's also impossible to get the boot chooser to /not/ show the BIOS bootable image and list it as "Windows". Also, you have to have a separate El Torito entry for the HFS+
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