[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.00-pre9 released

[H. Peter Anvin]

Blaauw,Bernd B. wrote:
> HPA, congratulations on the 3.xx series and the 'obtain bootloader' API support.
> 
> One question though:
> What was your decision on the 'use debug version by default for Isolinux' ?
> Does it include a link/message pointing to Smart Boot Manager?
> 

I didn't do it; there are already too many changes.  Last I checked the 
debugging version was extremely tight on space in the boot sector, but I 
could try to squeeze in a message.

> I already have several reports of computers not booting the FreeDOS ISO that I create, but that SBM solves that ('boot from cdrom' in SBM's menu) as it uses its own El Torito stack.
> 
> Looks a lot like the BIOS that VMware provides:
> DOS driver UDMA2.SYS offers better VDS support than the BIOS does on its own :(

That's almost standard these days :(

	-hpa