[syslinux] Syslinux search for config file

[Jeffrey Hutzelman]

On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 17:09 +0200, Tomas M wrote:

> If syslinux fails to locate its config file, it is actually
> UNBOOTABLE, in other works STUCK, simply said it's SCREWED :) If it
> searches even the entire drive for a file 'syslinux.cfg' or other
> filename, then it may 'recover' the situation. Backward compatibility
> is fully retained, and it doesn't matter if the directories it
> traverses are seen as 8-chars only.
> 
> Is there a will to accept such behavior?

Search the entire drive?  No.  That has terrible security properties.