Talk:El-Torito
Latest comment: 12 years ago by Solar in topic 2k limitation somewhere?
2k limitation somewhere?
Could someone please explain where the "2k" comes from under "What's Next?" in the sentence: "you can start reading the file system, in the 2k that you have available in your boot sector."
Is the El-Torito standard limited to loading boot sectors no larger than 2KiB? --MessiahAndrw 10:48, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
- If you follow the link to Bootable El-Torito CD with GRUB Legacy, you will find the `genisoimage` option `-boot-load-size 4` (also used in this article) explained as follows: "Specifies the number of 512-bytes sectors to load. Four 512-byte sectors (2048 bytes) is one CD sector and is the number supported by most BIOS." (Had to look it up myself, but there. ;-) ) -- Solar 12:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)