[syslinux] SYSLINUX 1.75-pre1 available

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Sat Jun 1 22:17:17 PDT 2002


Please try this version out if you are using floppies to boot, and 
*especially* if you have observed either of the following two problems:

a) "booting with syslinux without -s takes forever"
b) "booting with syslinux without -s doesn't work, -s works"

Changes in 1.75:
         * ALL: NASM 0.98.32 or later is now required to build NASM
           from sources.
         * SYSLINUX: put back in the workaround for the BIOS floppy
           table.  This seems to be a requirement for "extended" floppy
           formats to work correctly.
         * SYSLINUX: No longer warn if one is trying to boot on a 286
           or older.  The above BIOS workaround no longer fits if the
           requirement to use only 8086-compatible code in the early
           boot is maintained.  It made sense in 1994, but in 2002 a
           286 or older is a museum object.
         * SYSLINUX: Use a downright bizarre, stateful algorithm to try
           to guess the maximum transfer size.  I am *hoping* this will
           cut down on the number of systems for which -s is required
           to work at any acceptable speed.

As always, testing versions are at:

     ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/

I might release newer versions... there is no need to test anything but 
the latest unless the latest doesn't work.

	-hpa




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