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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2002-04-28 23:13:42 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2002-04-28 23:13:42 +0000 |
| commit | 46be8d63b2529da73660807cddcc4cec537ddc0d (patch) | |
| tree | 32a6cbab334e36af2c08c229611c1894a7970f54 | |
| parent | 40ad8adc0badf7dde35c74caed2d6b6e2373c76c (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-46be8d63b2529da73660807cddcc4cec537ddc0d.tar.gz | |
Change, and document, the search sequence of extensions.
| -rw-r--r-- | isolinux.asm | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | pxelinux.asm | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | syslinux.doc | 19 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/isolinux.asm b/isolinux.asm index b3a4a7ac..00ffd6a1 100644 --- a/isolinux.asm +++ b/isolinux.asm @@ -1901,6 +1901,7 @@ keywd_count equ ($-keywd_table)/keywd_size align 4, db 0 exten_table: db '.cbt' ; COMBOOT (specific) db '.img' ; Disk image + db '.bin' ; CD boot sector db '.com' ; COMBOOT (same as DOS) exten_table_end: dd 0, 0 ; Need 8 null bytes here diff --git a/pxelinux.asm b/pxelinux.asm index 6735615f..9c350815 100644 --- a/pxelinux.asm +++ b/pxelinux.asm @@ -2343,8 +2343,7 @@ keywd_count equ ($-keywd_table)/keywd_size ; align 4, db 0 exten_table: db '.cbt' ; COMBOOT (specific) -; db '.bss' ; Boot Sector (add superblock) -; db '.bs', 0 ; Boot Sector + db '.0' ; PXE bootstrap program db '.com' ; COMBOOT (same as DOS) exten_table_end: dd 0, 0 ; Need 8 null bytes here diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index 5333103f..91a64eef 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -421,14 +421,17 @@ files; see separate section below.) Chain loading requires the boot sector of the foreign operating system to be stored in a file in the root directory of the filesystem. Because neither Linux kernels, boot sector images, nor COMBOOT files -have reliable magic numbers, SYSLINUX will look at the file -extension. The following extensions are recognized: - - none or other Linux kernel image - .CBT COMBOOT image (not runnable from DOS) - .BSS Boot sector (DOS superblock will be patched in) - .BS Boot sector - .COM COMBOOT image (runnable from DOS) +have reliable magic numbers, SYSLINUX will look at the file extension. +The following extensions are recognized (case insensitive): + + none or other Linux kernel image + .cbt COMBOOT image (not runnable from DOS) + .bss Boot sector, DOS superblock will be patched in [SYSLINUX only] + .bs Boot sector [SYSLINUX only] + .bin "CD boot sector" [ISOLINUX only] + .com COMBOOT image (runnable from DOS) + .img Disk image [ISOLINUX only] + .0 PXE bootstrap program (NBP) [PXELINUX only] For filenames given on the command line, SYSLINUX will search for the file by adding extensions in the order listed above if the plain |