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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2007-01-24 21:53:06 -0800 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2007-01-24 21:53:06 -0800 |
| commit | ef80edcda1d202abf19e69fd510b0a3e5ca3752d (patch) | |
| tree | 96aadceb6a81c1db482ca7c9f3388349fd32691a | |
| parent | 882835c1dd619237dcc41cc7aaa2e7972003a67a (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-3.35-pre3.tar.gz | |
Document config file search pathsyslinux-3.35-pre3
| -rw-r--r-- | syslinux.doc | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index 9fc0ee6f..7f07407a 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -91,10 +91,17 @@ which requires root privilege. ++++ CONFIGURATION FILE ++++ All the configurable defaults in SYSLINUX can be changed by putting a -file called SYSLINUX.CFG in the root directory of the boot floppy. This -is a text file in either UNIX or DOS format, containing one or more of -the following items (case is insensitive for keywords; upper case is used -here to indicate that a word should be typed verbatim): +file called "syslinux.cfg" in the root directory of the boot disk. + +This is a text file in either UNIX or DOS format, containing one or +more of the following items (case is insensitive for keywords; upper +case is used here to indicate that a word should be typed verbatim): + +Starting with version 3.35, the configuration file can also be in +either the /boot/syslinux or /syslinux directories (searched in that +order.) If that is the case, then all filenames are assumed to be +relative to that same directory, unless preceded with a slash or +backslash. All options here applies to PXELINUX, ISOLINUX and EXTLINUX as well as SYSLINUX unless otherwise noted. See the respective .doc files. |