[syslinux] SYSLINUX 2.08-pre6 released

Blaauw,Bernd B. B.Blaauw at student.fontys.nl
Wed Dec 3 13:30:56 PST 2003


Hi,

for Syslinux 2.08, if not released already, may I ask for an command/option called ALIAS?

idea is to minimize duplicate work.

-original-
label 0
kernel memdisk
append initrd=bootdisk.img

label 1
kernel memdisk
append initrd=bootdisk.img

-becomes-

label 0
kernel memdisk
append initrd=bootdisk.img

label 1
alias 0 // execute label 0 when 1 was pressed

similar thing for the F-keys maybe, by summing them up instead of each their own line?

F1 data/F1_HELP.TXT
F2 data/F2_LICEN.TXT
F3 data/BOOTMSG.TXT
F4 data/F_ABOUT.TXT
F5 data2/bootmsg2.txt
F6 data/F_ABOUT.TXT
F7 data/F_ABOUT.TXT
F8 data/F_ABOUT.TXT
F9 data/F_ABOUT.TXT
F0 data/F_ABOUT.TXT

becoming

F1 data/F1_HELP.TXT
F2 data/F2_LICEN.TXT
F3 data/BOOTMSG.TXT
F4,F6,F7,F8,F9,F0 data/F_ABOUT.TXT   //what's the separator token/character?
F5 data2/bootmsg2.txt

thanks for any feedback




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