[syslinux] question

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jan 11 16:29:43 PST 2013


On 01/11/2013 12:10 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> 
> Should SYSLINUX.EXE work on Win9x or simply refuse and indicate
> NT-family required?
> 

It should simply refuse.

> Should SYSLINUX.COM work on Win9x or simply refuse and indicate
> DOS-family required?

It should work.  Exit to MS-DOS mode *shouldn't* be required, since it
does invoke the Win9x-specific DOS calls to obtain unique access.

That being said, Win9x is not exactly high on our list for what we care
about and test these days.

	-hpa



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