[syslinux] Editing the boot prompt

[atar]

Hi there Gene!

Thanks you about your quick response!!

As for your request, here is my whole Syslinux.cfg file:

default /syslinux/vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 00

menu hshift 15
menu width 49

menu title Boot menu
menu background /syslinux/splash.png
menu color title	* #FFFFFFFF *
menu color border	* #00000000 #00000000 none
menu color sel		* #ffffffff #76a1d0ff *
menu color hotsel	1;7;37;40 #ffffffff #76a1d0ff *
menu color tabmsg	* #ffffffff #00000000 *
menu color help		37;40 #ffdddd00 #00000000 none
menu vshift 17
menu rows 10
menu helpmsgrow 15
# The command line must be at least one line from the bottom.
menu cmdlinerow 16
menu timeoutrow 16
menu tabmsgrow 18
menu tabmsg Press ENTER to boot or TAB to edit a menu entry

label live
	menu label Live
	kernel /live/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live config   quiet

label livefailsafe
	menu label Live (failsafe)
	kernel /live/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live config   noapic noapm nodma  
nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp vga=normal

label live-686
	menu label Live 686
	kernel /live/vmlinuz2
	append initrd=/live/initrd2.img boot=live config   persistent noprompt  
debug=1

label live-686failsafe
	menu label Live 686 (failsafe)
	kernel /live/vmlinuz2
	append initrd=/live/initrd2.img boot=live config   noapic noapm nodma  
nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp vga=normal

label install
	menu label Text Install
	kernel /install/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/install/initrd.gz vga=normal quiet

label expert
	menu label Text Expert
	kernel /install/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/install/initrd.gz priority=low vga=normal

label rescue
	menu label Text Rescue
	kernel /install/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/install/initrd.gz rescue/enable=true vga=normal quiet

label auto
	menu label Text Auto
	kernel /install/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/install/initrd.gz auto=true priority=critical vga=normal  
quiet

label installgui
	menu label GUI Install
	kernel /install/gtk/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 quiet

label expertgui
	menu label GUI Expert
	kernel /install/gtk/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz priority=low video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr  
vga=788

label rescuegui
	menu label GUI Rescue
	kernel /install/gtk/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz rescue/enable=true  
video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 quiet

label autogui
	menu label GUI Auto
	kernel /install/gtk/vmlinuz
	append initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz auto=true priority=critical  
video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 quiet

label memtest
	menu label Memory test
	kernel /live/memtest

#label floppy
#	localboot 0x00

#label disk1
#	localboot 0x80

#label disk2
#	localboot 0x81

#label nextboot

#	localboot -1
label help
	menu label ^Help
	text help
    Display help screens; type 'menu' at boot prompt to return to this menu
	endtext
	config prompt.cfg


Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com>

> On Jun 30, 2013 5:16 PM, "atar" <atar.yosef at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there!!
>>
>> I has been modified the syslinux.cfg file according to the rules to add
>> some boot parameters but since this modification, every time I that I
>> highlight the modified entry in the boot menu and hit the TAB button on  
>> my
>> keyboard, the entry's boot parameters is displayed twice and when I try  
>> to
>> "backspace" them out, the line again get displayed twice and so on.
>>
>> So my question is simply how to avoid this painful behavior?
>
> Sounds like a global APPEND. Could you post all of your config file(s)?
>
> --Gene
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