Syslinux
Syslinux is a collection of boot loaders for Linux and other operating systems which operates on Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems, MS-DOS FAT filesystems, network servers using PXE firmware, or from CD-ROMs. Syslinux has an advanced extension API and contains two optional menu systems. It also includes MEMDISK, a tool for booting legacy operating systems from non-traditional media like PXE or CD-ROM.
| Tags | Boot |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL MIT |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | Assembly C |
Recent releases
- 19 Dec 2009 12:45
Changes: This release adds support for emulating CD-ROM images from .ISO files using MEMDISK, support for arbitrary screen resolutions in the VESA menu, video mode setting for Multiboot, and future support for PM operating system drivers in MEMDISK. It also adds a number of bugfixes, including fixing the DOS installer for MS-DOS 7.x/8.x and fixing PC-DOS images in MEMDISK.
- 06 Oct 2009 04:55
Changes: This release adds some minor new features, including the ability to add overrides to DHCP options in the pxelinux binary, a new version of the Hardware Detection Tool, and some fixes to the Gfxboot module. It also includes some additional workarounds for broken BIOSes.
- 30 May 2009 00:22
Changes: This is primarily a bugfix release. The main new features are halt-on-idle support and some features in isohybrid, including the ability to boot from an image written to a partition.
- 05 May 2009 01:17
Changes: This is a bugfix and internal restructuring release. The main difference is a completely rewritten shuffler engine and Multiboot module. Other changes include a bugfix for large ISO 9660 directories, isohybrid support for images larger than 2 GB, some fixes to the gfxboot module, and a new poweroff module.
- 16 Apr 2009 20:50
Changes: This is a collection of fixes over the 3.74 release. The most important ones are fixing the geometry detection in MEMDISK and fixing the PXELINUX "keeppxe" option, which was broken in 3.74. The MENU SAVE behavior has been improved, gPXELINUX no longer disables interrupts when it shouldn't, and a lockup bug in the Hardware Detection Tool has been addressed.
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Recent commentsYay for isolinux hybrid mode!
Last month as I was running isotostick to copy an Ubuntu 8.04 image to my USB stick, I was thinking to myself "why do we have to mount the ISO image and do file-based copies? Why can't the hard drive bootsector read a CDROM image directly?" And lo and behold, now it can. Thanks for that!
Feature request, if possible
I've managed to get isolinux/memdisk working. I made up my own boot cd with different images.. My question is: can you make memdisk boot ISO images? I know this sounds kind of rendunant, but I need to boot linux, msdos(ancient :), but still needed) & maybe geexbox(geexbox.org), which is provided as ISO image, and I wouldn't want to break it down... Can you help me?
A very good program for multi booting
A very good program for multi booting. I use it boot linux, windows. I also made cdrom with multiple boot images. It works just fine.