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author | hpa <hpa> | 1998-02-20 22:35:47 +0000 |
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committer | hpa <hpa> | 1998-02-20 22:35:47 +0000 |
commit | a417328c103fb00701f4b437f5b58f1857828433 (patch) | |
tree | 6f9a6c7c6388cb19abdb0bb3cead899069e9332a | |
parent | 24ae9b2f5ff68a06df423cb1ad5b7098e1c07276 (diff) | |
download | syslinux-a417328c103fb00701f4b437f5b58f1857828433.tar.gz |
Bug fix to syslinux.c; documentation update
-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | README | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | TODO | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | syslinux.c | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | syslinux.doc | 8 |
5 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +Changes in 1.33: + * Bug fix in the Linux installer. + Changes in 1.32: * FAT16 filesystems are now supported. @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ for details. WARNING: There seems to be a bug in some recent experimental Linux kernels that causes floppy disk corruption when using the Linux -syslinux installer. This bug was introduced in 2.1.79 or 2.1.80; as -of 2.1.86 the bug is still there. +syslinux installer. This bug exists in kernels 2.1.79-2.1.86; as far +as I know it was fixed in 2.1.87. @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Currently scheduled for inclusion in 1.40: - "Comboot" style boot files. - Booting DOS for a DOS/Linux dual rescue disk. - Cleaned up documentation, with a real man page. +- Boot ELKS, if at all possible (may have problems with i386 + assumption.) For a later release, perhaps: @@ -287,9 +287,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) } else if ( f == 0 ) { if ( S_ISREG(st.st_mode) ) execl(_PATH_MOUNT, _PATH_MOUNT, "-t", "msdos", "-o", "loop", "-w", - device, mntpath); + device, mntpath, NULL); else - execl(_PATH_MOUNT, _PATH_MOUNT, "-t", "msdos", "-w", device, mntpath); + execl(_PATH_MOUNT, _PATH_MOUNT, "-t", "msdos", "-w", device, mntpath, + NULL); _exit(255); /* execl failed */ } } diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index ff6a5b70..2beb117a 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ SYSLINUX - Version 1.31 - February 13, 1998 + Version 1.33 + February 20, 1998 A bootloader for Linux using MS-DOS floppies @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ LDLINUX.SYS into its root directory. WARNING: There seems to be a bug in some recent experimental Linux kernels that causes floppy disk corruption when using the - Linux syslinux installer. This bug was introduced in 2.1.79 - or 2.1.80; as of 2.1.86 the bug is still there. + Linux syslinux installer. This bug exists in kernels + 2.1.79-2.1.86; as far as I know the bug is fixed in 2.1.87. On boot time, by default, the kernel will be loaded from the image named LINUX on the boot floppy. This default can be changed, see the section |