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| author | hpa <hpa> | 1998-04-14 06:25:45 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 1998-04-14 06:25:45 +0000 |
| commit | 310d0ccb3a9f5592eccdd819b788de83b1f06a17 (patch) | |
| tree | f6d32c62d5a8330426af063a8ec2509004dc58d0 /syslinux.doc | |
| parent | c221a9331023e151f0b38f593497b2b436235dbb (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-310d0ccb3a9f5592eccdd819b788de83b1f06a17.tar.gz | |
Added the -s option to the installers, and made them do the right thing.
Diffstat (limited to 'syslinux.doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | syslinux.doc | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index 10caa4e7..f02dcb12 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ it, then execute the DOS command: SYSLINUX [-s] a: -(or whichever drive letter is appropriate) +(or whichever drive letter is appropriate; the [] meaning -s is optional) or the Linux command: @@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ or the Linux command: This will alter the boot sector on the disk and copy a file named LDLINUX.SYS into its root directory. -The -s option will install a "slow and stupid" version of SYSLINUX. -This version may work on some very buggy BIOSes on which SYSLINUX -would otherwise fail. +The -s option, if given, will install a "safe, slow and stupid" +version of SYSLINUX. This version may work on some very buggy BIOSes +on which SYSLINUX would otherwise fail. WARNING: There seems to be a bug in some recent experimental Linux kernels that causes floppy disk corruption when using the @@ -325,5 +325,3 @@ subscribe syslinux in the body of the message. The submission address is syslinux@linux.kernel.org. - - |