[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.81-pre10

Thomas Schmitt scdbackup at gmx.net
Fri May 22 02:33:52 PDT 2009


Hi,

while studying isohybrid.bin of 3.81-pre10
i wonder whether isohybrid 3.72 and 3.81 are
crosswise compatible with the isolinux boot
images of 3.72 and 3.81.

I.e would this be technically ok in both
isohybrid scripts ? 

  if ($ibsig ne "\xf7\xe3\xef\x0d" 
      && $ibsig ne "\xfb\xc0\x78\x70") {
      die ...
  }

A "yes" would be very convenient to me:
- libisofs would immediately be able to
  create an MBR for a 3.81 image.
- the future libisofs MBR generator with
  user options would be able to support
  the older boot images of 3.72 to 3.80.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas





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