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authorhpa <hpa>1998-02-20 22:35:47 +0000
committerhpa <hpa>1998-02-20 22:35:47 +0000
commita417328c103fb00701f4b437f5b58f1857828433 (patch)
tree6f9a6c7c6388cb19abdb0bb3cead899069e9332a
parent24ae9b2f5ff68a06df423cb1ad5b7098e1c07276 (diff)
downloadsyslinux-a417328c103fb00701f4b437f5b58f1857828433.tar.gz
Bug fix to syslinux.c; documentation update
-rw-r--r--NEWS3
-rw-r--r--README4
-rw-r--r--TODO2
-rw-r--r--syslinux.c5
-rw-r--r--syslinux.doc8
5 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 18fa5026..37abb0bb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Changes in 1.33:
+ * Bug fix in the Linux installer.
+
Changes in 1.32:
* FAT16 filesystems are now supported.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 80c8873f..c4be7f5d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -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.
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 3c05d9e8..37c71ced 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -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:
diff --git a/syslinux.c b/syslinux.c
index 8874d481..4b837e70 100644
--- a/syslinux.c
+++ b/syslinux.c
@@ -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