[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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