Update some documentation

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ea912aa..89fa5bb 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Changes in 2.20:
          compressed format, which means that a lot more labels are
          permitted (500-1000 in a typical configuration, but depends
          on the complexity.)
+       * EXTLINUX: New derivative, which boots from an ext2/ext3
+         filesystem.
 
 Changes in 2.13:
        * MEMDISK: Fix command-line parsing "brown paper bag" class

diff --git a/isolinux.doc b/isolinux.doc
index f8eed03..6556567 100644 (file)
--- a/isolinux.doc
+++ b/isolinux.doc
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ debugging messages enabled.  If you are having problems with ISOLINUX,
 I would greatly appreciate if you could try out the debugging version
 (isolinux-debug.bin) and let me know what it reports.
 
+YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER USING THE DEBUGGING VERSION BY DEFAULT.
+
 
       ++++ NOTE ON THE CONFIG FILE DIRECTORY ++++
 

diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc
index e7f5898..4def331 100644 (file)
--- a/syslinux.doc
+++ b/syslinux.doc
@@ -161,8 +161,13 @@ LABEL label
         specified in the global section of the file (before the first
         LABEL command.)  The default for "image" is the same as
         "label", and if no APPEND is given the default is to use the
-        global entry (if any).  Up to 64 LABEL entries are permitted
-       (for SYSLINUX, 128 LABEL entries.)
+        global entry (if any).
+
+       Starting with version 2.20, LABEL statements are compressed
+       internally, therefore the maximum number of LABEL statements
+       depends on their complexity.  Typical is around 600.  SYSLINUX
+       will print an error message if the internal memory for labels
+       is overrun.
 
         Note that LILO uses the syntax:
         image = mykernel