2.12: Add a C runtime library for writing COM32 applications; minor improvements. Changes in 2.12: * Simple C library, based on klibc, for writing COM32 programs. * Fix the handling of file length in loading of COM32 programs. * MEMDISK: Work around a linker bug by rearranging the code to not use the linker for the 16-bit code. * SYSLINUX: If we're building on a machine without a Win32 (mingw) compiler, just skip building syslinux.exe. * ISOLINUX: Support non-mkisofs mastering programs, at least as long as the image is single-session. For best results, ISOLINUX should be the only boot loader installed. * MEMDISK: Allow the user to specify that the simulated disk should be write-protected. Begin3 Title: syslinux Version: 2.12 Entered-date: 2004-12-13 Description: SYSLINUX is a collection of boot loaders for the Linux operating system which operates off MS-DOS floppies, network servers using PXE firmware, or from CD-ROMs. It is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, rescue disks, and other uses 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 very small DOS or Linux program to create in the first place. It also includes MEMDISK, a tool to boot legacy operating systems from nontraditional media like PXE or CD-ROM. Keywords: syslinux pxelinux isolinux msdos boot loader floppy install network pxe iso9660 cdfs memdisk com32 Author: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) Maintained-by: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) Primary-site: ftp.kernel.org /pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux 588699 syslinux-2.12.tar.gz 767466 syslinux-2.12.zip Alternate-site: ibiblio.org /pub/Linux/system/boot/loaders Platforms: DOS or Linux to install. Linux, perl and nasm 0.98.38 or later required to build from source. Copying-policy: GPL End