[syslinux] syslinux / antique computers

[H. Peter Anvin]

Blaauw,Bernd B. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there an easy way to circumvent the SYSLINUX novice protection thing?
> intended users don't know about CTRL key to circumvent it.
> I'm trying to make a generic bootdisk for systems of 8086 - Pentium4.
> however the bootdisk is slow, so I'd like to use Syslinux + Memdisk to load a diskette image.
> 

SYSLINUX *itself* won't run on < 386 computers, neither will memdisk.

If you bypass the warning, the next thing that will happen is a crash.

	-hpa