List dwellers:
I am currently working on implementing support for the Phoenix Technologies
El Torito CDRom Boot Specification. My code supports linear boot images, but
during the execution of the Windows NT boot image I recieve some very
strange problems:
A. On drives that do not already have a copy of WinNT installed on them,
NTDETECT fails reliably during the hardware detection phase at the beginning
of setup.
B. On drives that DO already host an installation of WinNT, I get
intermittent copy errors reading files off of the CDRom during the “copying
files” portion of setup.
The installations work perfectly if I run them from a system booted from
floppy, just not when initiated from the linear image. If you have
information that you feel would be of assistance in this matter, please post
it. Thank you.