[syslinux] Introducing a new com32 module : HDT

[Erwan Velu]

Le 13.03.2009 13:03, Gene Cumm a écrit :
> [...]
>
> I believe writing to a file system is intended to be forbidden.  Buggy
> BIOSs can result in complete data loss.  If such a call were to be
> implemented, it would have to have BIG warnings that data loss may
> occur.  This is the reason why all of the stuff I've been playing with
> lately is strictly read-only.
>    
Thanks for this clarification.
> [...]
> (Just to clarify because what you said sounds a little confusing:)
> Don't you mean "user is running hdt, loading hdt off of the
> network/remote host"?
>    
Yes exactly. Sorry, my english isn't that good :p

[...]
> Implementing a TFTP PUT in PXELINUX is the safest option but of course
> requires write access to a TFTP server.
>    
But it prevent isolinux users to save theirs configuration :(
Regarding the syslinux users, I really wonder how many percent are using 
something else than isolinux.


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