Changes in 1.32:
- * FAT16 is now supported.
+ * FAT16 filesystems are now supported.
Changes in 1.31:
* Now compiles under Linux, using NASM, rather than using
version 0.97 or later to build SYSLINUX from source. See
http://www.cryogen.com/Nasm for information about nasm.
+There is now a mailing list for SYSLINUX. See the end of syslinux.doc
+for details.
+
+**** WARNING: READ THIS IF YOU'RE USING A 2.1.x EXPERIMENTAL KERNEL ****
+
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 2.1.85 the bug is still there.
+of 2.1.86 the bug is still there.
SYSLINUX
Version 1.31
- January 31, 1998
+ February 13, 1998
A bootloader for Linux using MS-DOS floppies
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 2.1.85 the bug is still there.
+ or 2.1.80; as of 2.1.86 the bug is still there.
On boot time, by default, the kernel will be loaded from the image named
LINUX on the boot floppy. This default can be changed, see the section
boot floppy and look for additional drivers in a predetermined
location.
-To bzImage and recent zImage kernels, SYSLINUX 1.30-1.31 will identify
+To bzImage and recent zImage kernels, SYSLINUX 1.30-1.32 will identify
using the ID byte 0x31. The ID range 0x32-0x3f is reserved for future
versions of SYSLINUX.