This email is to inform you about the release of version '2.02' of
'Syslinux' through freshmeat.net. All URLs and other useful information
can be found at
http://freshmeat.net/projects/syslinux/
The changes in this release are as follows:
This version rewrites the SYSLINUX installer to use mtools instead of
playing setuid tricks. It is important to note that if you have the
syslinux installer set setuid root, then you have a security hole in
your system. All users should upgrade to 2.02 and make sure the
syslinux installer is not setuid.
Project description:
SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which
operates off of MS-DOS floppies. It is intended to simplify
first-time installation of Linux, rescue disks, and other uses for
boot floppies. A SYSLINUX floppy can be manipulated using standard
MS-DOS (or any other OS that can access an MS-DOS filesystem) tools
once it has been created, and requires only a ~ 9K DOS program or ~
18K Linux program to create it in the first place. It also includes
PXELINUX, a program to boot off a network server using a boot PROM
compatible with the Intel PXE (Pre-Execution Environment)
specification, ISOLINUX, a program to boot off ISO 9660 CD-ROMs in
native mode, and MEMDISK, a tool to boot legacy operating systems
(e.g. DOS) using a Linux boot loader regardless of medium.
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