[syslinux] Syslinux 3.81-pre14... hopefully final this time

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue May 26 15:06:47 PDT 2009


Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> What happens if isohybrid 3.72 combines its
>>> old MBR with a boot image from 3.81 ?
>>> Would that boot ?
> 
>> Unfortunately, no, there is no way to do that.
> 
> So there is no other choice but to use your
> software that matches the boot image.
> 
> My port would not even be able to distinguish
> suitable boot images from unsuitable ones.
> I have to revoke it with the next release.
> 

OK... how about this... we can change the magic number, and then have
the new isohybrid accept both the old and the new magic number.  I think
that should satisfy all requirements, no?

	-hpa




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