[syslinux] use of APPEND in default

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Nov 18 16:13:01 PST 2004


Chris Suttle wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately this line has now become longer than 255 characters and
> appears to be failing because of this.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how best overcome this, the line length is borne out
> of a lot of historical data.
> Can or how could I substitute variable declarations in this file.
> 
The limit of 255 characters is imposed by the kernel, so it's not a boot 
loader issue.  Again, try using symlinks to reduce your file paths; it's 
probably the best option.

	-hpa




More information about the Syslinux mailing list