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Syslinux is a collection of boot loaders for the Linux operating system.
SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which operates off an MS-DOS/Windows FAT filesystem. Syslinux is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue- and other special-purpose boot disks.
SYSLINUX can be used, when properly set up, to completely eliminate the need for distribution of raw diskette images for boot floppies. A SYSLINUX floppy can be manipulated using standard MS-DOS (or any other OS that can access an MS-DOS filesystem) tools once it has been created.
What's New in This Release:
· SYSLINUX: correctly handle the case where the -d option is specified with a non-absolute path, i.e. syslinux -d syslinux instead of syslinux -d /syslinux.
· ISOLINUX: recognize the directory names /boot/syslinux and /syslinux, and the filename syslinux.cfg in addition to the isolinux-specific names. Thus, syslinux.cfg is now a generic name, whereas isolinux.cfg or extlinux.conf is specific to different derivatives.
· chain.c32: support setting alternate config filename for stage2 of GRUB Legacy (Gert Hulselmans).
· whichsys.c32: execute a specific command, based on the Syslinux bootloader variant (Gert Hulselmans).
· lua.c32: a lot of new bindings added to the "syslinux" namespace: VESA, PCI, DMI, kernel loading (Marcel Ritter).
· btrfs: print a comprehensive error message if compressed or encrypted files are encountered (neither is currently supported.)
· SYSLINUX: mtools installer: honor TMPDIR, error out on disk full.
· Handle fallbacks from EDD to CHS, to deal with systems which announce EDD support but don't actually have it.
· SYSLINUX: the mtools, DOS and win32 installers now use the new command line options.
· PXELINUX: fix the use of IP addresses in TFTP :: or tftp:// host syntax.
· SYSLINUX: experimental Win64 installer (syslinux64.exe).
SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which operates off an MS-DOS/Windows FAT filesystem. Syslinux is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue- and other special-purpose boot disks.
SYSLINUX can be used, when properly set up, to completely eliminate the need for distribution of raw diskette images for boot floppies. A SYSLINUX floppy can be manipulated using standard MS-DOS (or any other OS that can access an MS-DOS filesystem) tools once it has been created.
What's New in This Release:
· SYSLINUX: correctly handle the case where the -d option is specified with a non-absolute path, i.e. syslinux -d syslinux instead of syslinux -d /syslinux.
· ISOLINUX: recognize the directory names /boot/syslinux and /syslinux, and the filename syslinux.cfg in addition to the isolinux-specific names. Thus, syslinux.cfg is now a generic name, whereas isolinux.cfg or extlinux.conf is specific to different derivatives.
· chain.c32: support setting alternate config filename for stage2 of GRUB Legacy (Gert Hulselmans).
· whichsys.c32: execute a specific command, based on the Syslinux bootloader variant (Gert Hulselmans).
· lua.c32: a lot of new bindings added to the "syslinux" namespace: VESA, PCI, DMI, kernel loading (Marcel Ritter).
· btrfs: print a comprehensive error message if compressed or encrypted files are encountered (neither is currently supported.)
· SYSLINUX: mtools installer: honor TMPDIR, error out on disk full.
· Handle fallbacks from EDD to CHS, to deal with systems which announce EDD support but don't actually have it.
· SYSLINUX: the mtools, DOS and win32 installers now use the new command line options.
· PXELINUX: fix the use of IP addresses in TFTP :: or tftp:// host syntax.
· SYSLINUX: experimental Win64 installer (syslinux64.exe).
