[syslinux] isolinux 2.01 bug with Compaq and Promise BIOS

[H. Peter Anvin]

Patrick J. Volkerding wrote:
> 
> If syslinux and mtools packages were installed to the hard drive, that's
> true enough -- we can use them from there.  However, we'd rather not make
> that requirement just so that people can generate a bootdisk at the end of
> the installation.  What I'm planning to do now is include a new syslinux
> package in Slackware that (along with mtools) gets installed to the hard
> drive, and the installer will look for them to use.  If these packages
> weren't installed, the old self-contained syslinux binary (2.01) on the
> installer disk will be used as a backup plan.
> 

OK... I see the issue.  This seems like a valid enough reason to
resurrect the old installer, but stripping out the !root hacks in it.
I'll probably do that for 2.04, no timeline promises though.

	-hpa