Commit Graph

43 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Thomas Schmitt eb7dc408e0 Added Alpha to table of content of boot sectors description 2019-07-24 16:06:21 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 633b4d5f72 Updated project mail addresses 2017-10-23 10:39:48 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt e19a338a09 Re-added two empty lines which were lost by previous commit 2017-08-13 14:51:39 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt c6e4035918 Added boot sector knowledge gained from Natalia Portillo 2017-08-13 13:34:53 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 0e7300b1a8 Clarified meaning of MBR partition boot flag 2017-04-10 10:02:05 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 83b864efd2 Clarified virtual sector size of El Torito. Changed germanoid use of "eventual". 2015-12-21 17:31:30 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt d3fefe4735 Changed wrong use of "resp." in docs 2015-08-01 16:58:40 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt a78864252e Mentioned official UEFI 2.4 specs in description of boot sectors. 2015-03-16 15:03:58 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt 782bb7854e New system area type 6 = DEC Alpha SRM boot sector.
New API calls iso_image_set_alpha_boot(), iso_image_get_alpha_boot().
Thanks to Helge Deller.
2015-02-28 15:13:38 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt 0819f93f79 Minor changes about GPT in description of boot sectors 2015-02-06 11:57:06 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt 6da58860ec Mentioned /ppc/bootinfo.txt in description of CHRP 2014-09-27 11:08:59 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt dd27f579eb New API call iso_image_report_system_area() 2014-04-11 15:39:45 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 1ac59bec46 Clarified PALO header versions in boot sector description 2014-04-09 23:59:09 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt ca2643b52b Updated description of boot sector formats 2014-04-09 08:31:34 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 2c2fb7caf2 Fixed a harmless bug introduced with rev 1111. 2014-01-26 10:07:10 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt d51cefb097 Adapted HP-PA boot sector code to upcomming PALO header version 5 2014-01-16 11:59:58 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt 7637d13e11 New API calls iso_image_set_hppa_palo() and iso_image_get_hppa_palo() 2014-01-14 09:43:28 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt 654ff82345 Mentioned boot image address in newer GRUB2 MBR 2013-11-18 13:22:17 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt 6baeae70e0 Mentioned GRUB2 Boot Info in boot_sectors.txt 2013-11-18 12:58:50 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt e1b54056e8 Added a new source of information about CHRP to boot_sectors.txt 2013-05-01 20:28:24 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 042dbd01ed Removed obsolete development marks 2012-07-20 12:21:36 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 2a08471c04 Trying to get push to work after merge. 2012-06-20 19:41:10 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 72bdd7a3d0 Small update in doc/boot_sectors.txt 2012-06-20 19:32:30 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt bab3cf0c7c New option bits 2 to 7 with el_torito_set_isolinux_options() 2012-06-20 19:21:35 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 862d4fb571 Revoked rev 1013: Partition type of PReP is indeed 0x41. 2012-06-20 13:08:37 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 2d3bbe51ed Corrected partition type of PReP from 0x41 to 0x42 2012-06-19 11:37:44 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 6fc3bb6777 New ystem area sub type CHRP with iso_write_opts_set_system_area() 2012-06-12 21:16:56 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt d7401f0a4c Updated description of boot sectors by sparse info about PReP, CHRP.
Described the layout for GRUB2 based hybrid images.
2012-06-12 17:42:22 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 5427fa9e17 Described the layout of APM and GPT. Moved description of isohybrid
and grub-mkrescue to the end of boot_sectors.txt.
2012-06-07 15:38:05 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 262e49ad6b Documented probable isohybrid.c bugs and polished overview table. 2012-05-09 12:03:50 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 502bea814e Documented MBR partitions and GUIDs 2012-05-08 19:46:03 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt fa784d619c Corrected a wrong statement about CRC of empty input 2012-05-07 20:50:48 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 977161cda1 Described the CRC algorithm of GPT 2012-05-07 20:33:53 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt dc2b27ca51 Added an overview table to EFI isohybrid description. 2012-05-06 14:11:34 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt abd2137906 Beginning to describe EFI isohybrid with Apple partition map and GPT. 2012-05-06 10:08:21 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt 3d427bdf70 Corrected a statemenent about Sector Count in boot record documentation. 2010-12-14 06:36:12 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt 5482d5d7b4 Improvements about the block address of empty data files 2010-11-25 14:40:44 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt ea8da1f7d3 Added a description of SUN Disk Label for SUN SPARC machines. 2010-11-01 16:05:47 +01:00
Thomas Schmitt b58d1e28ef New API call iso_write_opts_set_partition_img(). 2010-10-18 16:56:00 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt ef444fb29c Removed remaining questions about MIPS Big Endian. Now rounding up the count
of cylinders.
Described MBR DOS-style partition table format.
2010-10-16 11:24:52 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt a75fb9a894 New system area type 2 for Little Endian MIPS DEC boot block. 2010-10-14 22:34:32 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt a0ba4b976c Described El Torito, grub-mkrescue MBR, MIPS Little Endian booting. 2010-10-14 17:26:56 +02:00
Thomas Schmitt f33df0ef29 New API calls iso_image_add_mips_boot_file(), iso_image_get_mips_boot_files(),
iso_image_give_up_mips_boot().
The preliminary ban has been lifted to combine El Torito and MIPS Big Endian
boot facilities.
The current state of boot record documentation has been added to bzr.
2010-10-12 20:24:17 +02:00