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That's what I would expect.
The date on the El Torito spec is 25 Jan 1995 and, I have been informed, IBM
announced El Torito at the Fall, 1994 Comdex.
I guess the latter could be confirmed by checking with Comdex and/or trade
pubs from around that time.
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http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:4108f096.476005@news.charter.net...
> Howard,
>
> Going back to the more recent past, say the Pentium II timeframe, Gateway
has
> used mainly off-the-shelf generic Intel-made motherboards in its standard
(ATX
> and mATX) desktop models. Customization of the BIOS for Gateway consists
almost
> entirely of a Gateway logo and a Gateway-specific BIOS string. AFAIK, the
BIOS
> conforms to the El Torito spec as far as booting from a CD. In summary, a
lot
> like the Micron systems with which you are so familiar.
>
> There are not detailed on-line specs for Gateway BIOSes. The best you can
do is
> identify the equivalent generic Intel model and download the technical
spec from
> the Intel web site.
>
> Again, like Micron and unlike both Dell and IBM, Gateway does not impose a
> custom look-and-feel on its BIOSes. The typical Gateway BIOS setup
operates
> exactly like the BIOS setup in a generic Intel board of the same model.
>
> I cannot address any specifics regarding the non-Intel (e.g. MSI brand and
AMD
> CPUs) motherboards used by Gateway, mostly in the small form factor cases,
as
> compared to mATX and ATX motherboards. I rarely touch the non-Intel
Gateway
> systems... Ben Myers
>
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 06:34:15 -0400, "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com>
> wrote:
>
> >CD-ROM.
> >
> >This was not a system specific question, rather it was an attempt to find
> >out whether Gateway generally modified the BIOS on its systems for
booting
> >from CD-ROMs, instead of using the BIOS supplied by the mobo
manufacturer,
> >which usually uses El Torito spec.
> >
> >--
> >http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.
> >"Edward J. Neth" <ejn63@netscape.com> wrote in message
> >news:2ms1qdFqfn7fU1@uni-berlin.de...
> >> What system, and booting from what? USB, PXE (bootp), hard drive,
CD-ROM,
> >> etc.?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com> wrote in message
> >> news:ceac5r$2cs$1@pyrite.mv.net...
> >> > Does Gateway use the built-in boot capability of the BIOS for
booting?
> >> > Or has Gateway made proprietary modifications to the BIOS for booting
> >off
> >> of
> >> > CD-ROM drives?
> >> >
> >> > Does Gateway have online specs for the BIOS?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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