Changes in 1.54: * PXELINUX: Fix code for finding !PXE from PXENV+. This was due to a spec bug; match the most recent spec since that seems to be what implementations actually do. * SYSLINUX: Add some smarts to the boot sector, which hopefully should reduce the number of systems which require stupid mode ("syslinux -s"). * PXELINUX: Document further some of the pathologies with old PXE stacks. * When specifying a "default" command line, no longer automatically appent "auto". See the "DEFAULT" command in syslinux.doc for more information. * PXELINUX: Clean up the allocation of local socket numbers. Begin3 Title: syslinux Version: 1.54 Entered-date: 2001-03-29 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: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) Maintained-by: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) Primary-site: ftp.kernel.org /pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux 197366 syslinux-1.54.tar.gz 221516 syslinux-1.54.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