Changeset 184 for trunk/README-pxemenu

Timestamp:

10/15/10 15:04:33 (12 years ago)

Author:

ohnielse

Message:

Updates for SYSLINUX version 4.02.
Some obsolete menus (UBC,Ghost) have been removed.

File:

• trunk/README-pxemenu (modified) (6 diffs)

trunk/README-pxemenu

@@ -7 +7 @@
         E-mail: Ole.H.Nielsen@fysik.dtu.dk
 
-Version: 1.1
-Date: 01-Oct-2007
+Version: 1.2
+Date: 15-Oct-2010
 
 Summary
@@ -36 +36 @@
 https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/niflheim/PXE-booting web-page.
 
-We include the SYSLINUX documentation files in the syslinux-doc/ directory,
-since this documentation is not available on the SYSLINUX web-pages.
-Start by reading the README file and syslinux.doc if you want to 
-understand the configuration file syntax.
-
 What's included
 ---------------
@@ -61 +56 @@
 The most important files included in the pxemenu/ directory are:
 
-  pxelinux.0 memdisk com32/menu.c32 com32/chain.c32: Binary files from the
-         SYSLINUX project which are needed for the usual booting methods.
-  com32/*.c32: All SYSLINUX 3.52 COM32 files, see the SYSLINUX comboot.doc.
+  pxelinux.0 memdisk Binary files from the SYSLINUX 4.02 which are needed
+         for the usual booting methods.
+  com32/*.c32: A few SYSLINUX 4.02 COM32 files, see the SYSLINUX source doc/comboot.txt.
   pxelinux.cfg/default.menu: The main PXE menu configuration file which 
          loads all the other PXE menus listed below.
@@ -71 +66 @@
          to do on a Linux cluster for unattended operation, but for other uses
          the timeout can be commented out so that the menus will wait forever.
-  syslinux-doc: Documentation files from the SYSLINUX source.
-         You may want to read the files README.menu, and for further details 
-         also syslinux.doc and pxelinux.doc.
 
 Example PXE menu files
@@ -86 +78 @@
           IMPORTANT: Always keep all images related to one type of hardware
           in the same subdirectory so that you don't mix up different hardwares !
-  ghost/: Example of some Norton Ghost 2003 DOS boot diskette images.
   Tools/: Example of some diagnostics tools, including Memtest86.
           The vendor disk diagnostics tools you must download yourself
@@ -120 +111 @@
 (assuming that the diskette drive on your Linux PC is /dev/fd0).
 
-Ultimate Boot CD tools
-----------------------
-
-If you want a huge selection of boot disks, you may want to look at the
-Ultimate Boot CD (UBC) project, see http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ for
-information about this project.
-
-All of the UBC tools can be made available within the PXE menus, see
-https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/niflheim/PXE-booting#boot-images-from-ultimatebootcd-com
-Basically, just copy the contents of the UBC CD to /tftpboot and use the menu entry 
-in pxeconfig.cfg/default.menu to use the UBC tools from the PXE menus.  It's
-that simple !
-
-What doesn't work
------------------
-
-Many people have asked on the SYSLINUX mailing list how to boot ISO CD
-images using SYSLINUX or PXELINUX.  The short FAQ answer from the SYSLINUX
-author H. Peter Anvin is that it's impossible because of the ways CD-ROM drives
-are implemented in BIOSes.  See for example
-http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2006-December/007818.html
-
 Special hardware issues
 -----------------------