[syslinux] Syslinux 5 Path Option.

[Michael D. Setzer II]

On 11 Dec 2012 at 0:52, Shao Miller wrote:

Date sent:      	Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:52:10 -0500
From:           	Shao Miller <sha0.miller at gmail.com>
To:             	"Michael D. Setzer II" 
<mikes at kuentos.guam.net>
Copies to:      	For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa 
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Subject:        	Re: [syslinux] Syslinux 5 Path Option.

> On 12/10/2012 21:55, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> > I'm not seeing how to set this path option?
> 
> It was mentioned in the announcement e-mail that Matt Fleming authored
> and that Ady recently referred to.  It is documented in
> doc/syslinux.txt.
> 

Thanks. I see that the Path goes in the config file rather than as 
part of the build. But not sure how that is going to modify the hard 
coded ../../com32 paths?

> > Here is what I get using vesamenu.c32 as an example when
> > moved to a directory outside of the build. The current syslinux 4.06
> > has all the files in the same directory which is at the root of the
> > cd.
> >
> > ldd vesamenu.c32
> >
> > linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb77c5000)
> > ../../com32/libutil/libutil_com.c32 => not found
> > ../../com32/lib/libcom32.c32 => not found
> >
> 
> So if we forget about linux-gate.so.1 for a moment, it seems that
> you've identified two files that vesamenu.c32 depends on.  On the
> media you're trying to actually boot, which directory is vesamenu.c32
> in?  Which directory/directories are these two files in?

With the current build all the syslinux files and .c32 files are 
placed in a directory called isolinux that becomes the root 
directory of the cd.  So, all files are together with no paths.
> 
> >
> > Is the version 5.00 actually released released, or is it just
> > released for developers to play with.
> 
> It seems to be a release for all users and not just a development
> version.
> 
> - Shao Miller
> 


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