-See the following files for documentation about SYSLINUX:
+See the files in the doc directory for documentation about SYSLINUX:
- syslinux.doc - Usage instructions; manual.
- distrib.doc - For creators of Linux distributions.
- NEWS - List of changes from previous releases.
- TODO - About features planned for future releases.
- COPYING - For the license terms of this software.
+ syslinux.txt - Usage instructions; manual.
+ distrib.txt - For creators of Linux distributions.
+ pxelinux.txt - Documentation specific to PXELINUX.
+ isolinux.txt - Documentation specific to ISOLINUX.
+ extlinux.txt - Documentation specific to EXTLINUX.
+ menu.txt - About the menu systems.
+ usbkey.txt - About using SYSLINUX on USB keys.
+ comboot.txt - About the extension API.
+ memdisk.txt - Documentation about MEMDISK.
+
+Also see the files:
+
+ NEWS - List of changes from previous releases.
+ TODO - About features planned for future releases.
+ COPYING - For the license terms of this software.
SYSLINUX now builds in a Linux environment, using nasm. You need nasm
-version 0.97 or later to build SYSLINUX from source. See
-http://www.cryogen.com/Nasm for information about nasm.
+version 2.03 or later (2.07 or later recommended) to build SYSLINUX
+from source. See http://www.nasm.us/ for information about nasm.
-There is now a mailing list for SYSLINUX. See the end of syslinux.doc
+There is now a mailing list for SYSLINUX. See the end of syslinux.txt
for details.
-SYSLINUX is Copyright 1994-1998 H. Peter Anvin, and is free software;
-you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
-General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
-Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge MA 02139, USA; either version 2 of the
-License, or (at your option) any later version.
+SYSLINUX is:
-**** WARNING: READ THIS IF YOU'RE USING A 2.1.x EXPERIMENTAL KERNEL ****
+ Copyright 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al - All Rights Reserved
-WARNING: There seems to be a bug in some recent experimental Linux
-kernels that causes floppy disk corruption when using the Linux
-syslinux installer. This bug exists in kernels 2.1.79-2.1.86; as far
-as I know it was fixed in 2.1.87.
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 53 Temple Place Ste 330,
+ Boston MA 02111-1307, USA; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version; incorporated herein by reference.