[syslinux] How to find Syslinux version

Helmut Hullen Hullen at t-online.de
Thu Jun 27 06:21:00 PDT 2013


Hallo, Ady,

Du meintest am 27.06.13:


>>>>> By the way: what about an option "-v" or "--version"?
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a bit nasty to find the version of syslinux or pxelinux with
>>>>> an editor or so ...

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> And what I am suggesting is for you to boot with "PXELINUX" 6.xx, and
> once you get to your boot menu (now that your vesamenu is somehow
> working), press ESC to get to the "PXELINUX" (Syslinux) command
> prompt and then press "CTRL+v". In SYSLINUX and ISOLINUX, pressing
> "CTRL+v" in the CLI shows the version. I don't know about this matter
> in PXELINUX 6.xx, so I might possibly be completely wrong.

Tested with 5.11-pre3 (pxelinux part): works as described. Thank you!

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut


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