X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=08a82e427ac9e4ad418f56132ae85a4902b14a76;hb=91937bd1012d913569db7f5a6b6d211e08b9e2f4;hp=80c8873fe5a4d7bde06821365f08606ee71d62d7;hpb=24ae9b2f5ff68a06df423cb1ad5b7098e1c07276;p=profile%2Fivi%2Fsyslinux.git diff --git a/README b/README index 80c8873..08a82e4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,17 +1,34 @@ -Please read the file syslinux.doc for information on how to use -SYSLINUX. +See the files in the doc directory for documentation about SYSLINUX: + + 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. -**** WARNING: READ THIS IF YOU'RE USING A 2.1.x EXPERIMENTAL KERNEL **** +SYSLINUX is: -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 was introduced in 2.1.79 or 2.1.80; as -of 2.1.86 the bug is still there. + Copyright 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al - All Rights Reserved + 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.