[syslinux] question

Ady ady-sf at hotmail.com
Wed Feb 6 20:33:08 PST 2013


> >Thursday, January17, 2013  1:10 AM  Ady wrote,
>  
> >4_ Now, there is one thing in that syslinux.cfg file I sent you that 
> I can't correct for this specific Syslinux 5.00: using multiple lines 
> as "TEXT HELP". This is a known bug in Syslinux 5.00, so I had to put 
> all the text in between each pair of TEXT HELP - ENDTEXT directives 
> in one line. With this specific version of Syslinux, this text is not 
> going to be displayed on the screen the way you want it. If you try 
> to use more than one line of text, with this specific version of 
> Syslinux the boot menu will hang.
>  
>  
> The good news is that the next 
> version, 5.01, should hopefully correct this bug, so you should be 
> able to use multiple lines again in between each pair of TEXT HELP - 
> ENDTEXT directives.
>  
> 6_ Regarding SYSLINUX.COM version 5.00 for Win9x/DOS, I would 
> recommend NOT using it for now, specially when you have the option of 
> using SYSLINUX.EXE under WinXP.
>  
> Now Syslinux-5.01 is out.
>  
 
Those two specific problems are supposed to be solved in 5.01.


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