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This is an old revision of syslinux made by coolpup on 2012-08-23 03:05:23.
The Syslinux Project
Provides bootloading functionality for Linux operating systems:
Tutorial
Verify installed version via the command-line interface (not available for versions older than 4.01):
# syslinux --version
Usage:
# syslinux Usage: syslinux [options] device --offset -t Offset of the file system on the device --directory -d Directory for installation target --install -i Install over the current bootsector --update -U Update a previous installation --zip -z Force zipdrive geometry (-H 64 -S 32) --sectors=# -S Force the number of sectors per track --heads=# -H Force number of heads --stupid -s Slow, safe and stupid mode --raid -r Fall back to the next device on boot failure --once=... Execute a command once upon boot --clear-once -O Clear the boot-once command --reset-adv Reset auxilliary data --menu-save= -M Set the label to select as default on the next boot --force -f Ignore precautions
E.g. installing the boot system file ldlinux.sys to the target installation partition sdb1:
# syslinux -i -s /dev/sdb1
Using syslinux older than version 4.01:
# syslinux --help Usage: ./syslinux [-sfr][-d directory][-o offset] device
Installing the boot loader to device sdb1 using syslinux older than version 4.01:
# syslinux -sf /dev/sdb1
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