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SYSLINUX boot loader v 1.03 released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Mon Mar 6 18:53:50 1995
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 17:52:07 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
X-Mn-Key: announce
From: hpa@sleipner.yggdrasil.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: SYSLINUX boot loader v 1.03 released
Organization: Yggdrasil Computing, Inc.
Reply-To: Peter.Anvin@linux.org (H. Peter Anvin)
Keywords: boot loader, DOS FAT filesystem, ms-dos, floppy, install
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.misc
Version 1.03 of the SYSLINUX boot loader has been uploaded to
sunsite.unc.edu. This version primarily corrects a bug which would
make it impossible to boot from a double-density floppy disk (as
opposed to a high-density one).
SYSLINUX is a boot loader with boots a Linux kernel from a DOS
formatted (FAT filesystem) floppy disk. In conjunction with the
UMSDOS filesystem, it makes it possible to create a bootdisk/rootdisk
combo for installation without requiring RAWRITE at all.
LSM entry follows.
Begin3
Title: syslinux
Version: 1.03
Entered-date: 03/01/95
Description: SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system
which operates off MS-DOS floppies. It is intended to
simplify first-time installation of Linux. SYSLINUX
could in conjunction with the UMSDOS filesystem,
completely eliminate the need for distribution of raw
diskette images for boot floppies. A SYSLINUX floppy
can be manipulated using standard MS-DOS (or any other
OS that can access an MS-DOS filesystem) tools once
it has been created; and requires only a 10K DOS program
to create in the first place (creation using "dd" on a UNIX
box is also supported.)
Keywords: syslinux msdos boot umsdos bootfloppy floppy install
Author: Peter.Anvin@linux.org (H. Peter Anvin)
Maintained-by: Peter.Anvin@linux.org (H. Peter Anvin)
Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot
42690 syslx103.zip
Alternate-site:
Original-site:
Platform:
Copying-policy: GPL
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