Syslinux - Feb 2015 - About Memory, COM32, and Dynamic Loading

Hi all,

I'm new to this mailing list. I was just making use of syslinux, by 
following the HOWTO at this page and heading:
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/HowTos#How_to_Create_a_Bootable_USB:_For_Linux

Under that heading, where the text cites the 'syslinux/linux' directory,
there is no syslinux executable, even after building the source code 
using the make command. There is, however, a syslinux executable under 
'syslinux/bios/linux', and that's the one I used successfully. I
hope
I'm not missing something and making a horrible mistake.

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to this mailing list. I was just making use of syslinux, by 
> following the HOWTO at this page and heading:
>
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/HowTos#How_to_Create_a_Bootable_USB:_For_Linux
> 
> Under that heading, where the text cites the 'syslinux/linux'
directory,
> there is no syslinux executable, even after building the source code 
> using the make command. There is, however, a syslinux executable under 
> 'syslinux/bios/linux', and that's the one I used successfully.
I hope
> I'm not missing something and making a horrible mistake.
 
Welcome.

The paths (might) vary, depending on the version of Syslinux being 
used. Moreover, Syslinux-related packages also vary depending on 
distro, so the exact location of the installers are different in each 
Linux installation.

Several Linux distributions have/promote their own documentation and 
auxiliary tools related to Syslinux.


For upstream official locations, see:
 http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Install 

Regards,
Ady.

Hi there,

Is there any updated document on COM32 format?
http://www.syslinux.org/doc/comboot.txt

Is there any updated memory map?
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Memory_Map_(General)

is there any updated info on Dynamic Module Loading Using the ELF Format?
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/GSoC2008_Stefan

Thanks,

Best,
Patrick