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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2009-04-04 15:39:26 -0700 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2009-04-04 15:39:26 -0700 |
| commit | 5ec84eb68a72803ca7d7b459f49fbd8df58007f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 105ec810ff9489380b2bf0b5f9a7a8859d97b551 | |
| parent | a32f8de5ae1187321bd99e2a5bf4e89e532892e6 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-5ec84eb68a72803ca7d7b459f49fbd8df58007f6.tar.gz | |
Makefile: install new MBR variants; NEWS: documentsyslinux-3.74-pre17
Make the new MBR variants installables, and add to the NEWS file.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ## ## Copyright 1998-2009 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved +## Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author: H. Peter Anvin ## ## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -64,8 +65,7 @@ INSTALL_SBIN = extlinux/extlinux INSTALL_AUX = core/pxelinux.0 gpxe/gpxelinux.0 core/isolinux.bin \ core/isolinux-debug.bin \ dos/syslinux.com dos/copybs.com win32/syslinux.exe \ - mbr/mbr.bin mbr/gptmbr.bin \ - $(MODULES) + mbr/*.bin $(MODULES) INSTALL_AUX_OPT = win32/syslinux.exe # These directories manage their own installables @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ Changes in 3.74: presence of a memory hole. The "linux.c32" module can be used to load a kernel (or memdisk) plus large initrd on such a system. + * MBR: produce alternate MBR variants which force the drive + number to hd0 (_f variants), or force the drive number to + hd0 if the Ctrl key is pressed (_c variants.) Furthermore, + add an MBR variant (altmbr*.bin) which ignores the active + flag and instead boots the partition number specified in the + byte at offset 439 decimal. Changes in 3.73: * Upgrade gPXE to release version 0.9.5. |