Syslinux - Jan 2009 - Installing syslinux from source

Hi,

I need to use syslinux with partedmagic to create a bootable USB version of
partedmagic.

I installed syslinux using apt-get, the version installed is 3.31-4 (which is
quite old).? This version seems to be lacking -d option to specify a directory
for syslinux configuration file.

What debian repository can the latest version of syslinux be found on ? 

So I downloaded the latest source 3.72, but can't find any information on
how to make it. I've got nasm installed.? I tried make without a target
which errors, and make with 'install' as target which also errors.

Can someone please give me a hint on the make target and anything else I need to
do to get syslinux working on my system.

I'm using the latest version of Xandros distro.

Thanks,
Shuku Torabi.

Shuku Torabi wrote:
> ... I tried make without a target which errors,
> and make with 'install' as target which also errors.
It would be helpful if you would copy and paste the errors you get when
you attempt to build.  Without them, the number of possible reasons for
failure is quite large.

Marty

Shuku Torabi wrote:
> 
> So I downloaded the latest source 3.72, but can't find any information
on how to make it. I've got nasm installed.  I tried make without a target
which errors, and make with 'install' as target which also errors.
You may want to grab 3.73-pre7 ... there are some build fixes in there.
 I just haven't had time to make a release out of it.

	-hpa

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