[syslinux] [PATCH][git-pull] doc/syslinux.txt: CONFIG and LOCALBOOT
Ferenc Wagner
wferi at niif.hu
Tue Mar 1 10:20:12 PST 2011
Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> writes:
> git://git.zytor.com/users/genec/syslinux.git
>
> Branch doc-syslinux-for-hpa
>
> Expand upon the explanation of the usage of CONFIG (including a new
> directory). Edit LOCALBOOT to include the fact that all variants
> understand LOCALBOOT type -1. Compact the PXELINUX section to one
> paragraph.
>
> diff --git a/doc/syslinux.txt b/doc/syslinux.txt
> index f5e1898..b6d3ec2 100644
> --- a/doc/syslinux.txt
> +++ b/doc/syslinux.txt
> @@ -241,15 +241,17 @@ LABEL label
> Append nothing. APPEND with a single hyphen as argument in a
> LABEL section can be used to override a global APPEND.
>
> - LOCALBOOT type [ISOLINUX, PXELINUX]
> - On PXELINUX, specifying "LOCALBOOT 0" instead of a "KERNEL"
> - option means invoking this particular label will cause a local
> - disk boot instead of booting a kernel.
> -
> - The argument 0 means perform a normal boot. The argument 4
> + LOCALBOOT type
> + Attempt a different local boot method. The special value -1
Different to what?
Also, the explanation of the special -1 should stay at the end in my
opinion.
> + causes the boot loader to report failure to the BIOS, which, on
> + recent BIOSes, should mean that the next boot device in the
> + boot sequence should be activated. Values other than those
> + documented may produce undesired results.
> +
> + On PXELINUX, "type" 0 means perform a normal boot. "type" 4
What makes a boot "normal"? Do you mean disk boot? Doesn't it depend
on the boot device order configured in the BIOS? In other words, how is
this different to -1?
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Thanks,
Feri.
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