Bug fix release for the command-line issue...
Changes in 3.09:
* gcc4 compilation fix.
* <BEL> (Ctrl-G) in message files now causes a beep.
* Reduce the command line to 511 characters; 1023 caused
memory overflows.
Changes in 3.08:
* SYSLINUX: Fix performance regression (-s mode always
enabled.)
* Add API function for idle loop.
* libutil: Add do_idle() function for idle loop, make
get_key() use it.
* libutil: Add SHA-1 and base64 functions.
* Simple menu system: add password support.
* EXTLINUX: Sparse files now handled correctly.
* EXTLINUX: Large directories now handled correctly.
* ALL: At the prompt, Ctrl-X now forces text mode.
* Fix configuration file parsing error, that could cause
hangs.
* Rewritten advanced menuing system from Murali Ganapathy.
* MEMDISK: New "bigraw" mode to work around certain broken
BIOS flash programs.
* COM32 module to boot Multiboot systems, including Xen. See
com32/modules/mboot.doc.
* Max command line changed to 1024 characters. Note that the
kernel proper still can only handle 255 characters without
patching, and COM16 binaries can only handle 125 characters.
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Title: syslinux
Version: 3.09
Entered-date: 2005-06-17
Description: SYSLINUX is a collection of boot loaders for the Linux
operating system which operates off Linux ext2/3
filesystems, MS-DOS FAT filesystems, network servers
using PXE firmware, or from CD-ROMs. The FAT
filesystem version can be installed from DOS, NT, or
Linux.
It includes a sophisticated API for add-on "COM32"
modules, including a significant subset of the
standard C library.
It also includes MEMDISK, a tool to boot legacy
operating systems from nontraditional media like PXE
or CD-ROM.
Keywords: syslinux pxelinux isolinux extlinux msdos boot loader
floppy install network ext2 ext3 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
1443710 syslinux-3.09.tar.gz
1643710 syslinux-3.09.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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