[syslinux] Kernel command line truncation

[H. Peter Anvin]

Firstname Surname wrote:
> Using
> 
> According to syslinux documentation
> Changes in 3.08:
> 	* Max command line changed to 1023 characters.  Note that the
> 	  kernel proper still can only handle 255 characters without
> 	  patching, and COM16 binaries can only handle 125 characters.
> 
> Does it mean that under win32 it is impossible to pass 255 symbols to
> the 2.4.30 kernel using syslinux?
> 

The 2.4.x kernel (why are you using something that ancient?) doesn't 
support more than 255 characters on its command line, total.

	-hpa