El Torito

E100897

El Torito is a bootable CD-ROM specification that extends the ISO 9660 standard to allow computers to boot directly from optical discs.

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El Torito canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bootable CD-ROM specification
computer boot specification
allows selection of multiple boot images on one disc
appliesTo CD-ROM
DVD-ROM
bootable optical media
bootCatalogLocation specified in ISO 9660 file system
category Computer boot process
ISO 9660
surface form: ISO 9660 extensions

Optical disc standards
compatibleWith x86 PC architecture
defines boot catalog structure
boot entry descriptors
method for making CD-ROMs bootable
enables booting computers directly from optical discs
extendsStandard ISO 9660
influenced design of bootable DVD and CD formats
introducedIn 1990s
nameOrigin named after El Torito restaurant in San Jose, California
relatedTo BIOS boot sequence
UEFI optical boot support
requires BIOS support for optical boot
specifies bootable volume descriptor
default boot entry
validation entry for boot catalog
standardizedBy IBM
Phoenix Technologies
supports boot images stored on optical discs
floppy emulation boot mode
hard disk emulation boot mode
no-emulation boot mode
usedBy PC BIOS firmware
usedFor live operating system environments on optical discs
operating system installation from CD-ROM
system recovery discs

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISO 9660 extension El Torito
ISO 9660 extendedBy El Torito