Changes in 3.09: * gcc4 compilation fix. * (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. Begin3 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@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) Maintained-by: hpa@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 End