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A set of lightweight boot loaders for MS-DOS FAT, ext2/ext3/ext4/btrfs filesystems, network booting and booting from CD.

  • SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which runs on an MS-DOS/Windows FAT filesystem.

  • PXELINUX is a SYSLINUX derivative, for booting Linux from a network server using a network ROM conforming to the Intel PXE (Pre-Execution Environment) specification.

  • ISOLINUX is a boot loader for Linux/i386 that operates off ISO 9660/El Torito CD-ROMs in "no emulation" mode.
  • EXTLINUX is a new syslinux derivative, which boots from a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 or btrfs filesystem. Support for ext4 and btrfs were added in version 4 of extlinux.
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Syslinux , what does '--' do?

What does the '--' do in a normal syslinux config ? I used to see "quiet" after that , but don't know why. Here's an example from Ubuntu 12.04: label install menu label ^Install menu default kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux append…
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Syslinux multiboot USB

I'm trying to create a custom multiboot USB using ISOs. I don't want to extract the ISO like most utilities do and I would really like to customize this exactly how I want it. I have formatted a USB with a DOS partition table and created a FAT16…
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Boot Remix OS automatically (syslinux.cfg)

I am wondering how I can boot the Resident Mode of Remix OS automatically without having to select it at each boot? I read in a couple articles to do default -live but what option will it select? How do I make it select it? default menu.c32 prompt…
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syslinux boot configuration : boots to reboot

Installing arch to old HP Desktop (HPE-341f, AMD) with a small SSD for system and some other drives. I have installed syslinux and followed instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/syslinux. The boot menu comes up nicely.When I select the…
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What is inside vesamenu.c32 of syslinux?

What is inside vesamenu.c32? I need NOT know the PURPOSE of this file, I wish to know what it is. Are there machine instructions inside or what? If yes, then what are they doing?
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