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author | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-20 16:12:28 +0000 |
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committer | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-20 16:12:28 +0000 |
commit | 17fdeeb1c581a81d81c9493453aaf771d8b74d39 (patch) | |
tree | 2b211a55ba0ff9b8a30a6eb882325634915a1fd8 | |
parent | b987c9360a4eb2851d37a896daa6f2150a91cbe8 (diff) | |
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Update some documentation
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-rw-r--r-- | isolinux.doc | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | syslinux.doc | 9 |
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@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Changes in 2.20: compressed format, which means that a lot more labels are permitted (500-1000 in a typical configuration, but depends on the complexity.) + * EXTLINUX: New derivative, which boots from an ext2/ext3 + filesystem. Changes in 2.13: * MEMDISK: Fix command-line parsing "brown paper bag" class diff --git a/isolinux.doc b/isolinux.doc index f8eed038..65565670 100644 --- a/isolinux.doc +++ b/isolinux.doc @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ debugging messages enabled. If you are having problems with ISOLINUX, I would greatly appreciate if you could try out the debugging version (isolinux-debug.bin) and let me know what it reports. +YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER USING THE DEBUGGING VERSION BY DEFAULT. + ++++ NOTE ON THE CONFIG FILE DIRECTORY ++++ diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index e7f58985..4def331a 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -161,8 +161,13 @@ LABEL label specified in the global section of the file (before the first LABEL command.) The default for "image" is the same as "label", and if no APPEND is given the default is to use the - global entry (if any). Up to 64 LABEL entries are permitted - (for SYSLINUX, 128 LABEL entries.) + global entry (if any). + + Starting with version 2.20, LABEL statements are compressed + internally, therefore the maximum number of LABEL statements + depends on their complexity. Typical is around 600. SYSLINUX + will print an error message if the internal memory for labels + is overrun. Note that LILO uses the syntax: image = mykernel |