[syslinux] comments about 5.00pre10

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/26/2012 06:14 AM, Ady wrote:
>
> I haven't tested yet the same situation in any of the Linux-based
> installers. Under the described situation, syslinux.com 5.00pre10
> leaves both, ldlinux.c32 and ldlinux.sys, in "/"; syslinux.exe leaves
> only ldlinux.sys (deletes ldlinux.c32 only) and you are saying that
> the Linux-based installers are able to create the new directory.
>
> I wouldn't had expected the SYSLINUX installers to create any
> directory, but if the Linux-based installers are already creating the
> destination directory, it makes sense that all the installers should
> be behaving the same way if at all possible.
>

They don't.

The reason what we currently create the file in the root directory and 
move it is because libfat doesn't support subdirectories.

	-hpa

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