2.12: Add a C runtime library for writing COM32 applications; minor
improvements.
Changes in 2.12:
* Simple C library, based on klibc, for writing COM32
programs.
* Fix the handling of file length in loading of COM32
programs.
* MEMDISK: Work around a linker bug by rearranging the code to
not use the linker for the 16-bit code.
* SYSLINUX: If we're building on a machine without a Win32
(mingw) compiler, just skip building syslinux.exe.
* ISOLINUX: Support non-mkisofs mastering programs, at least
as long as the image is single-session. For best results,
ISOLINUX should be the only boot loader installed.
* MEMDISK: Allow the user to specify that the simulated disk
should be write-protected.
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Title: syslinux
Version: 2.12
Entered-date: 2004-12-13
Description: SYSLINUX is a collection of boot loaders for the Linux
operating system which operates off MS-DOS floppies,
network servers using PXE firmware, or from CD-ROMs.
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 very small DOS or Linux program to
create in the first place. It also includes MEMDISK,
a tool to boot legacy operating systems from
nontraditional media like PXE or CD-ROM.
Keywords: syslinux pxelinux isolinux msdos boot loader
floppy install network pxe iso9660 cdfs memdisk com32
Author: hpa at zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Maintained-by: hpa at zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Primary-site: ftp.kernel.org /pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux
588699 syslinux-2.12.tar.gz
767466 syslinux-2.12.zip
Alternate-site: ibiblio.org /pub/Linux/system/boot/loaders
Platforms: DOS or Linux to install. Linux, perl and nasm 0.98.38 or
later required to build from source.
Copying-policy: GPL
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