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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Changes in 2.20: on the complexity.) * EXTLINUX: New derivative, which boots from an ext2/ext3 filesystem. + * SYSLINUX: The DOS installer can now optionally write the + boot sector to a file instead of the real boot sector. This + is currently not supported in any of the other installers, + but should be added to the Win32 installer at some point. Changes in 2.13: * MEMDISK: Fix command-line parsing "brown paper bag" class diff --git a/extlinux.doc b/extlinux.doc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9844cb75 --- /dev/null +++ b/extlinux.doc @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +EXTLINUX is a new syslinux derivative, which boots from a Linux +ext2/ext3 filesystem. + +It works the same way as SYSLINUX, with a few slight modifications. + +1. The installer is run on a *mounted* filesystem. Run the extlinux + installer on the directory in which you want extlinux installed: + + extlinux /boot + + NOTE: this doesn't have to be the root directory of a filesystem. + If /boot is a filesystem, you can do: + + mkdir -p /boot/extlinux + extlinux /boot/extlinux + + ... to create a subdirectory and install extlinux in it. + + +2. The configuration file is called "extlinux.conf", and is expected + to be found in the same directory as extlinux is installed in. + + +3. Pathnames can be absolute or relative; if absolute (with a leading + slash), they are relative to the root of the filesystem on which + extlinux is installed (/boot in the example above), if relative, + they are relative to the extlinux directory. + + extlinux supports subdirectories, but the total path length is + limited to 255 characters. + + |