>From: Torrey Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I suppose this is kind of a feature request for mkisofs, but it might also
>be helpful information for other people who might have run into the same
>problem.
>As you may know, when creating a bootable CD, mkisofs automatically
>generates the boot catalog. The resulting catalog has a blank "ID string".
>(The ID string is stored in bytes 4 to 1B of the validation entry of the
>boot catalog, see the El Torito spec for details.)
>Some PC-like embedded systems will automatically boot from CD to update
>their internal software, but to prevent the user from "accidentally"
>installing Windows 98 or whatever, the BIOS checks the ID string to make
>sure it is a proper software update for the device.
Such a feature is on my todo list. It seems that some boot proms like
the names if a CD contains multiple boots.
J�rg
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