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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/doc/syslinux.txt b/doc/syslinux.txt
index dc82f2a1..54be427b 100644
--- a/doc/syslinux.txt
+++ b/doc/syslinux.txt
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ IPAPPEND flag_val [PXELINUX only]
interface the system booted.
LABEL label
- KERNEL image
- APPEND options...
- IPAPPEND flag_val [PXELINUX only]
+ KERNEL image
+ APPEND options...
+ IPAPPEND flag_val [PXELINUX only]
Indicates that if "label" is entered as the kernel to boot,
SYSLINUX should instead boot "image", and the specified APPEND
and IPAPPEND options should be used instead of the ones
@@ -190,11 +190,8 @@ LABEL label
"label", and if no APPEND is given the default is to use the
global entry (if any).
- Starting with version 2.20, LABEL statements are compressed
- internally, therefore the maximum number of LABEL statements
- depends on their complexity. Typical is around 600. SYSLINUX
- will print an error message if the internal memory for labels
- is overrun.
+ Starting with version 3.62, the number of LABEL statements is
+ virtually unlimited.
Note that LILO uses the syntax:
image = mykernel
@@ -212,25 +209,27 @@ LABEL label
Since version 3.32 label names are no longer mangled into DOS
format (for SYSLINUX.)
- LINUX image - Linux kernel image (default)
- BOOT image - Bootstrap program (.bs, .bin)
- BSS image - BSS image (.bss)
- PXE image - PXE Network Bootstrap Program (.0)
- FDIMAGE image - Floppy disk image (.img)
- COMBOOT image - COMBOOT program (.com, .cbt)
- COM32 image - COM32 program (.c32)
- CONFIG image - New configuration file
+ The following commands are available after a LABEL statement:
+
+ LINUX image - Linux kernel image (default)
+ BOOT image - Bootstrap program (.bs, .bin)
+ BSS image - BSS image (.bss)
+ PXE image - PXE Network Bootstrap Program (.0)
+ FDIMAGE image - Floppy disk image (.img)
+ COMBOOT image - COMBOOT program (.com, .cbt)
+ COM32 image - COM32 program (.c32)
+ CONFIG image - New configuration file
Using one of these keywords instead of KERNEL forces the
filetype, regardless of the filename.
CONFIG means restart the boot loader using a different
configuration file.
- APPEND -
+ APPEND -
Append nothing. APPEND with a single hyphen as argument in a
LABEL section can be used to override a global APPEND.
- LOCALBOOT type [ISOLINUX, PXELINUX]
+ LOCALBOOT type [ISOLINUX, PXELINUX]
On PXELINUX, specifying "LOCALBOOT 0" instead of a "KERNEL"
option means invoking this particular label will cause a local
disk boot instead of booting a kernel.
@@ -251,6 +250,12 @@ LABEL label
mean that the next boot device in the boot sequence should be
activated.
+ INITRD initrd_file
+ Starting with version 3.71, an initrd can be specified in a
+ separate statement (INITRD) instead of as part of the APPEND
+ statement; this functionally appends "initrd=initrd_file" to
+ the kernel command line.
+
IMPLICIT flag_val
If flag_val is 0, do not load a kernel image unless it has been
explicitly named in a LABEL statement. The default is 1.