[syslinux] SYSLINUX 2.12 released

H. Peter Anvin
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:43:45 -0000

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.

Begin3
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
End