[syslinux] Re: Menu system limitations

[ganapathy murali krishnan]

hpa at zytor.com wrote:

>>The only disadvantage of com32 I see now, is debugging (burn -> test ->
>>reburn ....). Using a CDRW reduces the cost, but the time is still a
>>factor.
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>Why would you need to burn/reburn?  Use SYSLINUX+floppy or
>PXELINUX+network and you don't need that problem.
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>You can also test it under e.g. Bochs.
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>>If I am right, the com32 version will have the same menu.* and user
>>files. The only files which needs to change is heap.*, biosio.*, startup
>>code and some others. Can we setup the code such that, users can compile
>>it to an EXE or COM32 by just changing a #define? If so then debugging
>>will also not be a problem.
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>COM or COM32 would be more realistic.
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>    -hpa
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The only reason I said EXE or COM32, is incase we cross the 64KB limit. 
I never thought
of SYSLINUX+floppy (need to see if I have a floppy drive/disk somewhere 
:-)).

- Murali