LRP uses syslinux defaultly and im guessing LEAF will continue to do so for
the current future..so....
----- Original Message -----
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 1:04 PM
Subject: SYSLINUX 1.49 released
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have released SYSLINUX 1.49; it is available from:
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/
>
> The chief difference versus 1.48 is support for the 0x202 boot
> protocol supported by newer kernels; this allows booting on systems
> with less than typical low ("DOS") memory.
>
> Changes in 1.49:
> * SYSLINUX: Implement a hack for BIOS drivers which hog significant
> chunks of low memory during boot. (Note: PXELINUX already
> had this modification. SYSLINUX does still require that the
> low 512K is available; PXELINUX requires 384K. Machines
> with a physical memory hole in the low 640K cannot boot
> Linux no matter what.) Depending what the reason is for the
> memory hole, a new kernel (2.4.0-test3-pre3 or later) may be
> required.
> * SYSLINUX: Default installer binary now compiled against
> glibc 2.1. If this is inappropriate for your system and you
> still want to use the offical version of SYSLINUX, please
> follow the instructions in "distrib.doc" to rebuild the
> installer.
> * SYSLINUX: Linux installer program now supports -o <offset>
> option which does a loopback mount with the
> -o loop,offset=<> option. Useful to run SYSLINUX on an
> individual partition of a whole-harddisk image.
> * Include the source code to a Master Boot Record (MBR)
> functionally equivalent to the one installed DOS except it
> includes EBIOS support, and should be resistant to geometry
> changes. The MBR code is public domain.
> * PXELINUX: Fix "double p" bug: if the tftp prefix was null,
> all filenames would get a "p" preprended, e.g.
> "ppxelinux.cfg" and "pvmlinux".
>
> Begin3
> Title: syslinux
> Version: 1.49
> Entered-date: 06NOV00
> Description: SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system
> which operates off MS-DOS floppies. It is intended to
> simplify first-time installation of Linux, rescue
> disks, and other uses 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; and requires only a ~ 7K DOS program
> or ~ 13K Linux program to create in the first place.
> Starting with version 1.46 it also includes PXELINUX, a
> program to boot off a network server using a boot PROM
> compatible with the Intel PXE (Pre-Execution
> Environment) specification.
> Keywords: syslinux pxelinux msdos boot loader floppy install
> network pxe
> Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin)
> Maintained-by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin)
> Primary-site: ftp.kernel.org /pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux
> 186853 syslinux-1.49.tar.gz
> 209167 syslinux-1.49.zip
> Alternate-site: metalab.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/boot/loaders
> Platforms: DOS or Linux to install. Linux, perl and nasm 0.97 or
> later required to build from source.
> Copying-policy: GPL
> End
> --
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