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| author | Gene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com> | 2013-06-12 23:59:09 -0400 |
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| committer | Gene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com> | 2013-06-12 23:59:09 -0400 |
| commit | b7fe37c5a27f455672ae964e824990f4eb1d58b8 (patch) | |
| tree | 7a2ca84fc12c35b045e2e4c510f02ae17f3f63c2 | |
| parent | ead3cc5ec6efbb00b6d5c2796375772ca3a7bac0 (diff) | |
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txt/: Add common file for derivatives
Signed-off-by: Gene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/txt/com-derv.txt b/txt/com-derv.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..21c70c79 --- /dev/null +++ b/txt/com-derv.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ + +// == DERIVATIVES == + +The *Syslinux* suite contains several boot loader (core) derivatives (variants), currently based solely on the boot media: + + *SYSLINUX* - Disk (floppy/hard disk) based + *PXELINUX* - PXE network booting + *ISOLINUX* - ISO9660 (CD/DVD; El Torito) based + +Prior to v4.00, *SYSLINUX* was only for FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 and another derivative, *EXTLINUX*, was for ext2/ext3 file systems, whose functionality has been merged into *SYSLINUX*. + |