[syslinux] Building extlinux (Syslinux 6.03-pre11)

[Gene Cumm]

On May 13, 2014 5:52 PM, "Gene Cumm" <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On May 13, 2014 5:49 PM, "Gene Cumm" <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On May 13, 2014 4:04 PM, "Ady" <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > I wonder why the already built-in binaries are not enough /
adequate.
> >
> > > > I don't believe it can be used as is:
> >
> > > > bash# file syslinux
> > > > syslinux: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
dynamically
> > > >  linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.32,
> > > > BuildID[sha1]=0xe82a9430ce7456cfea7bcc877fa694740296c2a8, stripped
> > > >
> > > > bash# ./syslinux
> > > > bash: ./syslinux: No such file or directory
> > > >
> > > > I have a minimal 64-bit system, where 32-bit libraries are not
present.
> >
> > > I don't see how that explains why you can't use the pre-compiled
> >
> > > binaries. From your own emails, you don't seem to be looking to
> > > (re)build a Syslinux package, but rather trying to use the extlinux
> > > installer (to install EXTLINUX on a specific device).
> >
> > This alone does.  32b libraries or a 64b binary.
>
> Alexey:
>
>   make bios clean
>   make bios installer

>From a freshly extracted binary/source tarball

> This should satisfy your goal.

--Gene