Re 4FD4CE41.70503@gmail.com4FD4CE41.70503@gmail.com20120610034758.501a2693@dartworks.biz20120604094008.ga2...@ca.inter.net, Alan McKinnon said: > syslinux/extlinux and friends are more suited for embedded devices, > liveCDs and that sort of thing. They never found much traction for > desktop use which explains why the Handbook makes no real effort to > document them.
I use syslinux everywhere, and on my desktop. It is already well documented on their website and wiki. It is a family of bootloaders that share similar config syntax for booting with PXE, CDROM, FAT partitions, or EXT2 partitions. It's smaller, simpler, and doesn't require a 32-bit build environment. Therefore making it much cleaner for pure 64-bit systems. It also does not require an already mounted /usr to configure it (as grub2 does). So quick fixes are easier. The handbook doesn't document it simply because the handbook is too old, and hasn't been updated. But it is a very good choice for bootloader even for a desktop system. -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keith Dart <ke...@dartworks.biz> public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =====================================================================
