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SYSLINUX

The Syslinux Project is a discontinued suite of five different bootloaders for starting up Linux distributions on computers. It was primarily developed by H. Peter Anvin.

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Developer
H. Peter Anvin
License
GPL-2.0-or-later
Operating system
Linux
Preview release
6.04-pre3 / February 7, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-02-07)
Repository
repo.or.cz/syslinux.git
Stable release
6.03 / October 6, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10-06)

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SYSLINUX

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples92
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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SYSLINUX

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related to Sources · 36
SYSLINUX → April, Archived, Arjun, August, Blum, Bresnahan, Building, Christine, Christopher, CompTIA Linux, Create Multi-boot Discs, Customizing Bootables, Delhi, Exam XK0-004, ISBN, ISSN, July, Linux For You, Live Linux CDs, Mike
related to Components · 13
SYSLINUX → Btrfs, FAT, ISO, MS-DOSEFILINUX, NTFS, Preboot Execution Environment, PXE, RAM, The, The Syslinux Project, UEFI, UFS/UFS2, XFS
related to Hardware Detection Tool (HDT) · 10
SYSLINUX → GNU GPL, Hardware Detection Tool, HDT, IA-32, ISO, It, MB, Since, The, This
related to EXTLINUX · 9
SYSLINUX → Btrfs, EXTLINUX, FAT, GRUB, LILO, NTFS, Since Syslinux, UFS/UFS2, XFS
related to SYSLINUX and ISOLINUX · 6
SYSLINUX → CDs, ISOLINUX, Linux, The SYSLINUX, USB, USBs
related to COMBOOT · 2
SYSLINUX → COMBOOT, Version
related to EFILINUX · 2
SYSLINUX → EFILINUX, UEFI
Developer · 1
SYSLINUX → H. Peter Anvin
License · 1
SYSLINUX → GPL-2.0-or-later
Operating system · 1
SYSLINUX → Linux

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linux isolinux boot bootloaders booting since different peter anvin pxelinux extlinux hdt system used bootloader mode image project efilinux tool

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SYSLINUXDeveloperH. Peter Anvin1.00infobox
SYSLINUXLicenseGPL-2.0-or-later1.00infobox
SYSLINUXOperating systemLinux1.00infobox
SYSLINUXPreview release6.04-pre3 / February 7, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-02-07)1.00infobox
SYSLINUXRepositoryrepo.or.cz/syslinux.git1.00infobox
SYSLINUXStable release6.03 / October 6, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10-06)1.00infobox
SYSLINUXTypeBoot loader1.00infobox
SYSLINUXWebsitewww.syslinux.org1.00infobox
a USB stick.A minor complication is involved when booting from compact discsinstance ofISOLINUX is meant for live CDs and Linux installation CDs.The SYSLINUX bootloader can be used to boot multiple distributions from a single source0.80text
not supporting chainloading to different bootloaders SYSLINUXinstance ofalthough it has a few limitations0.80text
ISOLINUXSYSLINUX was originally meant for rescue floppy disksinstance ofalthough it has a few limitations0.80text
live USBsinstance ofalthough it has a few limitations0.80text

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