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| author | hpa <hpa> | 1998-02-04 04:47:40 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 1998-02-04 04:47:40 +0000 |
| commit | 912235c360970d4ae3f039f4d473da26884a2613 (patch) | |
| tree | 410c72f6d7f36d931a295e93ec0bc7c2c311a4c0 | |
| parent | 129fc225c70308cce3e62705474a1ccb98fc645e (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-912235c360970d4ae3f039f4d473da26884a2613.tar.gz | |
Updated documentation.
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | syslinux.doc | 28 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +Currently scheduled for inclusion in 1.40: + - FAT16 support (for LS120 floppies mainly). - "Comboot" style boot files. - Booting DOS for a DOS/Linux dual rescue disk. diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index 75a53b1a..869c0103 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ License, version 2 or, at your option, any later version. There is no warranty, neither expressed nor implied, to the function of this program. Please see the included file COPYING for details. -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. It is *not* intended to be used as a general purpose boot -loader; once the operating system is installed I recommend LILO as the -boot loader, except for people whose root filesystem is a UMSDOS -filesystem (where a DOS defragmenter could wreck havoc with LILO's -carefully set up block tables) -- for them I recommend Loadlin (which -loads Linux from the DOS command line). +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, and for creation of rescue- and other +special-purpose boot floppies. It is *not* intended to be used as a +general purpose boot loader; once the operating system is installed I +recommend LILO as the boot loader, except for people whose root +filesystem is a UMSDOS filesystem (where a DOS defragmenter could +wreck havoc with LILO's carefully set up block tables) -- for them I +recommend Loadlin (which loads Linux from the DOS command line). SYSLINUX could, however, in conjunction with the UMSDOS filesystem, completely eliminate the need for distribution of raw diskette images @@ -253,4 +254,13 @@ I would appreciate hearing of any problems you have with SYSLINUX. I would also like to hear from you if you have successfully used SYSLINUX, *especially* if you are using it for a distribution. -Please contact me at email <hpa@zytor.com>. +There is a mailing list for discussion among SYSLINUX users and for +announcements of new and test versions. To join, send a message to +majordomo@linux.kernel.org with the line: + +subscribe syslinux + +in the body of the message. The submission address is +syslinux@linux.kernel.org. + + |