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| author | Gene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com> | 2013-06-12 22:56:36 -0400 |
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| committer | Gene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com> | 2013-06-12 22:56:36 -0400 |
| commit | 946c2d1b8dc34c5f74cc965c717ca7aaa807cb99 (patch) | |
| tree | 28e385d9a61d4e907f89858b5f612bcc776e1f03 | |
| parent | 985d269eaece49c4ef66208568cc8bfafdc45052 (diff) | |
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txt/syslinux.txt: synopsis, extlinux.sys, wrap long command
Add -v/--version to synopsis; add note on extlinux.sys from old
versions; Wrap altmbr command for cleaner manpage
Signed-off-by: Gene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/txt/syslinux.txt b/txt/syslinux.txt index 33b03d71..b47ea28d 100644 --- a/txt/syslinux.txt +++ b/txt/syslinux.txt @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ = syslinux(1) = :doctype: manpage -:revdate: 2012-10-28 +:revdate: 2013-06-12 :author: H. Peter Anvin :author-email: hpa@zytor.com :editor1: Gene Cumm :editor1-email: gene.cumm@gmail.com -:editor1-revlast: 2012-10-28 +:editor1-revlast: 2013-06-12 == NAME == @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ syslinux - Install SYSLINUX to a file system [verse] *syslinux* ['OPTIONS'] 'DEVICE' *extlinux* ['OPTIONS'] 'PATH' -*syslinux* [-h | --help] -*extlinux* [-h | --help] +*syslinux* [-h | --help | -v | --version] +*extlinux* [-h | --help | -v | --version] == DESCRIPTION == @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Please note, the ldlinux.sys boot loader file is flagged as immutable (where applicable) and is modified after copying in to help ensure boot-time integrity. File systems with a sufficiently large boot loader reserved area, like btrfs, will have ldlinux.sys installed there rather -than as a normal file. +than as a normal file. Prior to version 4.00, extlinux would install a +file extlinux.sys which versions 4.00 and later installers will replace with ldlinux.sys. == OPTIONS == @@ -190,7 +191,8 @@ the partition as active. For altmbr.bin, an easy way to overwrite the MBR boot block and specify the partion number is: + - printf '\1' | cat altmbr.bin - | dd bs=440 count=1 iflag=fullblock conv=notrunc of=/dev/sda + printf '\1' | cat altmbr.bin - | dd bs=440 count=1 iflag=fullblock \ + conv=notrunc of=/dev/sda + Note: using 'cat' for writing the MBR can under some circumstances cause data loss or overwritting. For this reason, using 'dd' is recommended |