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From: Nicolas Cornu <ncornu at aldebaran.com> --- mtools/Makefile | 1 + mtools/syslinux.c | 59 +------------------------------------------------------ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) diff --git a/mtools/Makefile b/mtools/Makefile index 0d0b1b2..c980420 100755 --- a/mtools/Makefile +++ b/mtools/Makefile @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SRCS = s...

...t; In my opinion, linux/syslinux really should just be part of extlinux, >>> since it is exactly equivalent to mounting the filesystem, running >>> extlinux, and unmounting the filesystem. That automatically adds >>> support for all filesystems. >>> >>> mtools/syslinux is the one that doesn't require root privileges, and >>> where libext2fs belongs. Ideally the FAT support ought to be >>> internalized into a library, too. >>> >>> The one thing with mtools/syslinux is that some people like to compile >>> i...

On 01/07/2015 03:47 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/05/2015 07:20 PM, Robert Yang wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> After more investigations, I'm a little worried about add the extX support >> to mtools/syslinux: >> 1) Its name is mtools/syslinux, can't express the libext2fs. > > Renaming it is not a problem. Do you have any suggestion about the new name, please ? > >> 2) The mtools/syslinux isn't fully functioned, for example, as the code >> shows: >>...

From: Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> mtools/syslinux.c: Silence warnings from GCC with asprintf's attribute warn_unused_result in certain glibc versions/patches. Assign it to a variable and ignore it as the string is already tested for null before using it. Signed-off-by: Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> --- diff --git a/mtoo...

...On 01/07/2015 03:47 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> On 01/05/2015 07:20 PM, Robert Yang wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> After more investigations, I'm a little worried about add the extX > >>> support > >>> to mtools/syslinux: > >>> 1) Its name is mtools/syslinux, can't express the libext2fs. > >> > >> Renaming it is not a problem. > > > > Do you have any suggestion about the new name, please ? > > > > Maybe userspace/syslinux? Ady is right, that we...

...are >> reviewed). >> > > In my opinion, linux/syslinux really should just be part of extlinux, > since it is exactly equivalent to mounting the filesystem, running > extlinux, and unmounting the filesystem. That automatically adds > support for all filesystems. > > mtools/syslinux is the one that doesn't require root privileges, and > where libext2fs belongs. Ideally the FAT support ought to be > internalized into a library, too. > > The one thing with mtools/syslinux is that some people like to compile > it for non-Linux platforms (how successfu...

2015-11-10 23:18 UTC+01:00, Paulo Alcantara via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com>: > On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:51:04 +0100 > Nicolas Cornu via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: > >> From: Nicolas Cornu <ncornu at aldebaran.com> >> >> --- >> mtools/Makefile | 1 + >> mtools/syslinux.c | 59 >> +------------------------------------------------------ 2 files >> changed, 2 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) > > Applied. Please, next time make sure you Signed-off-by your patch > before sending it out. Thanks for the contr...

On 01/05/2015 07:20 PM, Robert Yang wrote: > > Hello, > > After more investigations, I'm a little worried about add the extX support > to mtools/syslinux: > 1) Its name is mtools/syslinux, can't express the libext2fs. Renaming it is not a problem. > 2) The mtools/syslinux isn't fully functioned, for example, as the code > shows: > if (opt.sectors || opt.heads || opt.reset_adv || opt.set_once > || (opt.up...

...obert Yang wrote: > > > On 01/07/2015 03:47 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> On 01/05/2015 07:20 PM, Robert Yang wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> After more investigations, I'm a little worried about add the extX >>> support >>> to mtools/syslinux: >>> 1) Its name is mtools/syslinux, can't express the libext2fs. >> >> Renaming it is not a problem. > > Do you have any suggestion about the new name, please ? > Maybe userspace/syslinux? Ady is right, that we need to update the documentation, but th...

...> >> >> In my opinion, linux/syslinux really should just be part of extlinux, >> since it is exactly equivalent to mounting the filesystem, running >> extlinux, and unmounting the filesystem. That automatically adds >> support for all filesystems. >> >> mtools/syslinux is the one that doesn't require root privileges, and >> where libext2fs belongs. Ideally the FAT support ought to be >> internalized into a library, too. >> >> The one thing with mtools/syslinux is that some people like to compile >> it for non-Linux plat...

git://gnx.ath.cx/syslinux.git On branch for_hpa, I've got several groups of changes (listed bottom up) -chain.c32: the beginning of a DRMK loader; I still need to test this further and document/code what ones can possibly work -mtools/syslinux.c: Check to be sure fs is not NULL in case libfat_open() failed, like it can on a bad filesystem. Try to present a useful error rather than a seg fault. -libfat: A check for NULL pointers; A change to allow for a short FAT/too many sectors (depending on perspective); Try trimming the in-m...

I have just received some audit info on the SYSLINUX 2.01 installer running setuid. There seems to be some issues, and although I can fix them easily enough I'm somewhat questioning the whole approach. The other alternative would be to make the syslinux installer a wrapper around mtools, and use mtools for the filesystem access. Since this would be done entirely in userspace, as a normal user, there wouldn't be any security issues with it. The main problem with this is that mtools is *big*, about 120K worth of code. What do people think about this? I'd like to release...

I am trying to build a distribution without having to be root. The SYSLINUX installer typically needs root to do loopback mounting, but if you have MTOOLS, you can use that instead. This seems to work so far: #!/bin/sh # A minimal replacement for /usr/bin/syslinux; assumes that ldlinux.sys # and ldlinux.bss are available in the current directory. You must # specify locations of mkdosfs and mcopy. You need not be root. The # image will be overw...

.... To build it, runthe following from the extracted Syslinux source: $ cd ./com32/hdt $ make hdt.img As suggested by Pierre-Alexandre Meyer, all extra files required for building the floppy image are in ./com32/hdt/floppy/: - hdt.cfg ==> avaible as syslinux.cfg inside the floppy image - mtools.conf ==> Specifies hdt.img as floppy drive for the mtools programs - pci.ids (not included, can be downloaded from http://pciids.sourceforge.net) hdt.c32 doesn't necessarily need the files modules.alias, modules.pcimap and pci.ids, but in this patch those files are required for building h...

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:51:04 +0100 Nicolas Cornu via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: > From: Nicolas Cornu <ncornu at aldebaran.com> > > --- > mtools/Makefile | 1 + > mtools/syslinux.c | 59 > +------------------------------------------------------ 2 files > changed, 2 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) Applied. Please, next time make sure you Signed-off-by your patch before sending it out. Thanks for the contribution! Paulo -- Paulo...

...ller option parser We will produce an error message if a user attempts to use an option we don't implement. Signed-off-by: Shao Miller <shao.miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca> ----- Author: Shao Miller <shao.miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca> Date: Sat Jul 3 06:04:16 2010 -0400 mtools: Use libinstaller option parser We will produce an error message if a user attempts to use an option we don't implement. Signed-off-by: Shao Miller <shao.miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca> ----- commit 860ce11bd49fed5e3951d3426c575bd82cb32a89 Author: Shao Miller <shao.miller at y...

...t; *But* the same command succeeds in the installer of Slackware-14.0 >> (syslinux 4.0.5). >> >> I didn't find a clue with strace (output appended). >> >> What should I do to investigate further, or where should I look at? >> > > This message comes from mtools, so it is probably a difference in the > version of mtools that is the problem. Confirmed, thanks Hans. Since mtools-4.0.0 a codepage is used that defaults to 850 I added "default_codepage=437" to /etc/mtools.conf and now I get: Error converting to codepage 437 Invalid argument So...

...r Syslinux command line, and displays all the LABEL statements. diff --git a/doc/syslinux.txt b/doc/syslinux.txt index 07d5df9..033a1ec 100644 --- a/doc/syslinux.txt +++ b/doc/syslinux.txt @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ directory on the disk. There are two versions of the Linux installer; one in the "mtools" directory which requires no special privilege (other than write permission to the device where you are installing) but requires the -mtools program suite to be available, and one in the "unix" directory +mtools program suite to be available, and one in the "linux" direct...

...M, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >>>> On 01/05/2015 07:20 PM, Robert Yang wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> After more investigations, I'm a little worried about add the extX >>>>> support >>>>> to mtools/syslinux: >>>>> 1) Its name is mtools/syslinux, can't express the libext2fs. >>>> >>>> Renaming it is not a problem. >>> >>> Do you have any suggestion about the new name, please ? >>> >> >> Maybe userspace/syslinux?...

...ted)? Because the Linux versions show the Windows/dos specific commands: --mbr --active and --force I didn't check the DOS version. If all options will be displayed unconditionally for all installers, it might be a good idea to add: --offset -t Offset of the file system on the device (mtools installer) --directory -d Directory for installation target (mtools installer) - Gert Hulselmans $ wine ./syslinux-git/working-directory/win32/syslinux Usage: Z:\home\gert\syslinux-git\working-directory\win32\syslinux.exe [options] <drive>: [bootsecfile] --install -i Install over...