GFXBoot.c32
From Syslinux Wiki
I'm writing this page in an attempt to collect some of the sparse and scattered information on gfxboot, especially with regards to Syslinux.
Contents |
[edit] Intro
GFXBoot was constructed as a way to provide a consistent user experience across different boot loaders (grub, lilo and syslinux, at the moment). For current versions of Syslinux (4.02, at the moment), gfxboot.c32 provides this facility.
[edit] History
It was first introduced to Syslinux as huge assembly patch. This patch was never supported by any means by the Syslinux project. The code was then separated out as a COMBOOT module (.com) which made maintaining it easier in the sense that you could update Syslinux separately from GFXBoot. It was then rewritten as a COM32 module and released with Syslinux-3.84 with gfxboot.com being removed in 4.00.
[edit] Users
[edit] GeneC
My personal experiences/testing: At the moment, Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 Alpha 3 is using Syslinux-4.01 with gfxboot.c32 successfully. I believe this module has been built from source by Ubuntu. Substituting in the official gfxboot.c32 from Syslinux-4.01 or 4.02 fails. Using their module, I can get their gfxboot archive to work successfully with all other binaries coming from the official package (NOTE: not normally a recommended solution). Using the module I can build from source also fails (I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 x64, ATM). I'm still trying to research what's different downstream in their build server. Correction: With all three of Colin Watson's pending patches, this is resolved.
[edit] References
- GFXBoot gitorious Project
- GFXBoot SF Project (Last Update 2008-03-18)
- GFXBoot at OpenSuSE This is the page that http://gfxboot.sourceforge.net points to.
- GFXBoot IRC Channel A channel that is supposed to relate to this. As of 2010-08-29, it's empty.
- GFXboot bug in Gentoo Referenced from the above IRC Channel.
