> Got the answer. Current code doesn't support El Torito CD emulating a HD.
> In 'src/VBox/Devices/PC/BIOS/rombios.c' I found following description:
>         // NOTES for El-Torito Boot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>         //   - CD-ROM booting is only available if ATA/ATAPI Driver is 
> available
>         //   - Current code is only able to boot mono-session cds
>         //   - Current code can not boot and emulate a hard-disk
>         //     the bios will panic otherwise

Note: The BIOS is likely shared between multiple OSS products:
Bochs, Qemu, VBox and maybe even Xen. (if one product fixes this, everyone wins)
But please check this info, as I'm not sure about it.

If someone already fixed, then it's simply a matter of recompile a way
to fix in vbox too.

-Alexey

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