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`SYSLINUX` is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which runs on an MS-DOS/Windows FAT file system. It is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue and other special purpose boot disks.

SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which runs on an MS-DOS/Windows FAT file system. It is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue and other special purpose boot disks.

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BIOS Interrupts in protected mode

I'm working on an operating system project, using isolinux (syslinux 4.5) as bootloader, loading my kernel with multiboot header organised at 0x200000. As I know the kernel is already in 32-bit protected mode. My question: Is there any easier way to…
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booting memtest86 from USB stick

I want to boot memtest86 from my USB stick with syslinux. I have installed the packages memtest86 and memtest86+ and copied the .bin files to my USB stick. I have added the entry to syslinux.cfg: LABEL memtest MENU LABEL Memtest86 KERNEL…
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Debugging the boot filesystem environment seen by syslinux?

Hope it's OK to jot this down, even if I cannot accept answer immediately (and hope it's OK for SO - as there is a C patch below): It seems I screwed up the hard disk on my desktop PC ({DRDY err}). So I wanted to run a bootable media to run fsck,…
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yocto splash screen not appearing

I'm making a yocto image which I'm booting from a usb stick using syslinux. There's a lot of boot output that I'd like to hide. From reading the yocto docs it looks like adding a splash screen should hide this. I have added splash to the…
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Proper way to create ISO file of .EXE setup

I have my own created .exe file which I want to boot from BIOS, so I created bootloader which is based on syslinux. Now I want to create ISO file which I can append to my bootloader so I can execute .exe from bootloader. I want help to create proper…
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How to compile Syslinux 6.x on Debian 11

Trying to get syslinux 6.02 or 6.04-pre3 compiled on Debian 11 and getting the following error on both: make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/dev/projects/syslinux/syslinux-6.02/bios/com32/elflink/ldlinux' make[3]: ***…
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How make auto-startup menu for systemrescuecd

I looking solution to my question. I download ISO of SystemRescueCD and I know how to add some paarameters to linux line but I dont know how to make it auto running menu. In fact I put there DEFAULT directive which highlight menu position and that…
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How to set user environment variable in syslinux mboot.c32 boot loader

I need to set a user environment variable in syslinux mboot.c32 boot menu, and then read it back when I am in the OS. Is there a way to do that?
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single partition & no initramfs linux boot gets kernel panic

compiled a kernel using gentoo specifications for Thinkpad T430 mounted empty ext4 hard drive and created boot/ directory on it, moved bzImage and System.map inside Installed extlinux to it with "extlinux --install [mounted directory]/boot" placed…
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Cannot boot installed RHEL 7.1 with extlinux (syslinux)

I am trying to instal RHEL 7.1 with option bootloader --location=mbr --append="console=ttyS0" --extlinux in kickstart config file. The installation is made on virtual machine QEMU KVM. No DEFAULT or UI configuration Directive found! boot:
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