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| author | hpa <hpa> | 1998-05-07 10:00:06 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 1998-05-07 10:00:06 +0000 |
| commit | a997b40f03992888aa3512a91ff11df95ba13e18 (patch) | |
| tree | fa1ca1cacdb7c0dd409038c9e7cb4dd961bb92c9 /syslinux.doc | |
| parent | 39f77fa8a1f5e7a1ef43b2eaaf3eae032060081f (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-a997b40f03992888aa3512a91ff11df95ba13e18.tar.gz | |
- (Hopefully) fix the track 65536 problem.
- Make the magic smaller, and make the banner say SYSLINUX instead of
LDLINUX.SYS.
- Update the documentation accordingly.
Diffstat (limited to 'syslinux.doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | syslinux.doc | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index 54520727..deee2777 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -437,13 +437,12 @@ Then use the FDISK command to mark the appropriate partition active. ++++ KNOWN BUGS ++++ -SYSLINUX will have problems with disks with more than 65536 tracks -(cylinders * heads) or 1024 cylinders if the filesystem on which -SYSLINUX is installed extends beyond either of these two maxima. +SYSLINUX is unsafe to use on any filesystem that extends past cylinder +1024. This is a fundamental limitation of the standard BIOS API. -Furthermore, SYSLINUX will not work (and will refuse to install) on -filesystems with a cluster size of more than 16K (typically means a -filesystem of more than 1 GB.) +SYSLINUX will not work (and will refuse to install) on filesystems +with a cluster size of more than 16K (typically means a filesystem of +more than 1 GB.) ++++ COMPATIBILITY WITH SYSLINUX 1.0 ++++ |