[syslinux] Pxelinux 2.09 limitations

Erwan Velu erwan at mandrakesoft.com
Thu Jun 17 08:26:52 PDT 2004


> Well, the maximum allowed command line is 256 characters so you might 
> have problems as you have it.
285 is the size of a complete label not the size of one line :)

> It's possible but not trivial to do right.  As a hack you could apply 
> the following diff, but it's not going into mainline as a bogus config 
> file could crash pxelinux.

What do you mean by a " bogus config file could crash pxelinux".
You mean that a too long config file could brake pxelinux ?
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