[syslinux] Patching doc/syslinux.txt, partialy because #647603 on Debian
Regid Ichira
regid23 at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 8 17:06:53 PST 2011
My reason for patching circa line 225 is that I think it is
clearer. The reason for patching circa line 575 is
http://bugs.debian.org/647603. They concluded that a .0 file is
recognized not only by PXELINUX. And what is NBP?
--- a/doc/syslinux.txt 2011-12-07 04:53:29.201556663 +0200
+++ b/doc/syslinux.txt 2011-12-07 04:50:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ LABEL label
The following commands are available after a LABEL statement:
- LINUX image - Linux kernel image (default)
BOOT image - Bootstrap program (.bs, .bin)
BSS image - BSS image (.bss)
PXE image - PXE Network Bootstrap Program (.0)
@@ -229,6 +228,8 @@ LABEL label
COMBOOT image - COMBOOT program (.com, .cbt)
COM32 image - COM32 program (.c32)
CONFIG image - New configuration file
+ LINUX image - Linux kernel image (other file
+ name extenstion, no extention)
Using one of these keywords instead of KERNEL forces the
filetype, regardless of the filename.
@@ -570,8 +571,7 @@ Because neither Linux kernels, boot sect
have reliable magic numbers, Syslinux will look at the file extension.
The following extensions are recognized (case insensitive):
- none or other Linux kernel image
- .0 PXE bootstrap program (NBP) [PXELINUX only]
+ .0 PXE bootstrap program (NBP)
.bin "CD boot sector" [ISOLINUX only]
.bs Boot sector [SYSLINUX only]
.bss Boot sector, DOS superblock will be patched in [SYSLINUX only]
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ The following extensions are recognized
.cbt COMBOOT image (not runnable from DOS)
.com COMBOOT image (runnable from DOS)
.img Disk image [ISOLINUX only]
+ none or other Linux kernel image
For filenames given on the command line, Syslinux will search for the
file by adding extensions in the order listed above if the plain
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