This release is identical to 1.67-pre1. Unfortunately the people who
reported problems with 1.66 never got back to me to indicate if it
solved their problem or not, but since it fixes a real bug, regardless,
I decided to release it as 1.67.
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/
-hpa
1.67 is a trivial bug fix release affecting a fairly small number of
systems.
1.66 is an extremely minor patch to avoid problems compiling from
source with some versions of gcc.
1.65 is a feature enhancement release, significantly improving the
support for booting legacy operating systems from nontraditional
media, especially via the new MEMDISK component.
Changes in 1.67:
* Handle bug in the location of initrd.
Changes in 1.66:
* MEMDISK: Make compile with newer versions of gcc.
Changes in 1.65:
* ISOLINUX: Support booting disk image files (to boot DOS or
other non-Linux operating systems), *IF* the BIOS works
correctly; unfortunately many BIOSes apparently don't.
* Support Linux boot protocol version 2.03 (explicitly
specify the initrd address limit.)
* Handle small "pseudo-kernels"; images that use the Linux
kernel boot protocols but are less than 64K in size.
* MEMDISK: New subsystem; this is a driver which allows
legacy OSes to boot using an in-memory simulated disk.
See memdisk/memdisk.doc for more info.
* PXELINUX, ISOLINUX: Correctly handle files larger than 65535
blocks (32 MB for PXELINUX, 128 MB for ISOLINUX.)
* PXELINUX: Make a best-effort attempt at freeing all memory
claimed. From the looks of it, it will fail on most PXE
stacks.
Begin3
Title: syslinux
Version: 1.67
Entered-date: 2002-02-03
Description: SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system
which operates off MS-DOS floppies. It is intended to
simplify first-time installation of Linux, rescue
disks, and other uses for boot floppies. A SYSLINUX floppy
can be manipulated using standard MS-DOS (or any other
OS that can access an MS-DOS filesystem) tools once
it has been created; and requires only a ~ 8K DOS program
or ~ 16K Linux program to create in the first place.
Starting with version 1.46 it also includes PXELINUX, a
program to boot off a network server using a boot PROM
compatible with the Intel PXE (Pre-Execution
Environment) specification.
Starting with version 1.60 it also includes ISOLINUX,
a program to boot off an ISO 9660 in native
"no-emulation" mode.
Starting with version 1.65, it additionally includes
MEMDISK, a tool to boot legacy operating systems from
nontraditional media like PXE or CD-ROM.
Keywords: syslinux pxelinux msdos boot loader floppy install
network pxe iso9660 cdfs memdisk
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
339749 syslinux-1.67.tar.gz
379571 syslinux-1.67.zip
Alternate-site: ibiblio.org /pub/Linux/system/boot/loaders
Platforms: DOS or Linux to install. Linux, perl and nasm 0.97 or
later required to build from source.
Copying-policy: GPL
End
reported problems with 1.66 never got back to me to indicate if it
solved their problem or not, but since it fixes a real bug, regardless,
I decided to release it as 1.67.
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/
-hpa
1.67 is a trivial bug fix release affecting a fairly small number of
systems.
1.66 is an extremely minor patch to avoid problems compiling from
source with some versions of gcc.
1.65 is a feature enhancement release, significantly improving the
support for booting legacy operating systems from nontraditional
media, especially via the new MEMDISK component.
Changes in 1.67:
* Handle bug in the location of initrd.
Changes in 1.66:
* MEMDISK: Make compile with newer versions of gcc.
Changes in 1.65:
* ISOLINUX: Support booting disk image files (to boot DOS or
other non-Linux operating systems), *IF* the BIOS works
correctly; unfortunately many BIOSes apparently don't.
* Support Linux boot protocol version 2.03 (explicitly
specify the initrd address limit.)
* Handle small "pseudo-kernels"; images that use the Linux
kernel boot protocols but are less than 64K in size.
* MEMDISK: New subsystem; this is a driver which allows
legacy OSes to boot using an in-memory simulated disk.
See memdisk/memdisk.doc for more info.
* PXELINUX, ISOLINUX: Correctly handle files larger than 65535
blocks (32 MB for PXELINUX, 128 MB for ISOLINUX.)
* PXELINUX: Make a best-effort attempt at freeing all memory
claimed. From the looks of it, it will fail on most PXE
stacks.
Begin3
Title: syslinux
Version: 1.67
Entered-date: 2002-02-03
Description: SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system
which operates off MS-DOS floppies. It is intended to
simplify first-time installation of Linux, rescue
disks, and other uses for boot floppies. A SYSLINUX floppy
can be manipulated using standard MS-DOS (or any other
OS that can access an MS-DOS filesystem) tools once
it has been created; and requires only a ~ 8K DOS program
or ~ 16K Linux program to create in the first place.
Starting with version 1.46 it also includes PXELINUX, a
program to boot off a network server using a boot PROM
compatible with the Intel PXE (Pre-Execution
Environment) specification.
Starting with version 1.60 it also includes ISOLINUX,
a program to boot off an ISO 9660 in native
"no-emulation" mode.
Starting with version 1.65, it additionally includes
MEMDISK, a tool to boot legacy operating systems from
nontraditional media like PXE or CD-ROM.
Keywords: syslinux pxelinux msdos boot loader floppy install
network pxe iso9660 cdfs memdisk
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
339749 syslinux-1.67.tar.gz
379571 syslinux-1.67.zip
Alternate-site: ibiblio.org /pub/Linux/system/boot/loaders
Platforms: DOS or Linux to install. Linux, perl and nasm 0.97 or
later required to build from source.
Copying-policy: GPL
End