[syslinux] Building extlinux (Syslinux 6.03-pre11)

[Ady]

> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Did you check README or doc/distrib.txt?
> 
> I've read all files in doc folder as well as done some google search..
> 
> >> What are the dependencies besides python?
> >> Could using python be avoided while building extlinux?
> >
> > Do you plan on having any COM32 modules in your boot system?  Due to the
> > setup that the root Makefile does, it may be necessary to prune parts of the
> > Makefile temporarily.  I presume you're already using "make bios" as the
> > prefix to all make commands you execute?
> 
> I don't know if I need any COM32 modules: I'm building "make bios ..",
> partitioning disk as gpt and plan to boot a single linux distro:
> PROMPT 1
>   TIMEOUT 50
>   DEFAULT xxx
>   LABEL xxx
>            LINUX /boot/vmlinuz-3.12.19
>            APPEND root=PARTUUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx \
>                          rootfstype=ext4 rootdelay=1
> 
> I might add some options in text menu, but that's more less all of what I need.
> 
> Regards,
> Alexey
 
I wonder why the already built-in binaries are not enough / adequate. 
Or, in other words, I am curious about why do you need to build your 
own binary files, instead of using the files that are already there 
in the official archives in kernel.org.

Regards,
Ady.