[syslinux:master] NEWS: update for 3.85 release

syslinux-bot for H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Sat Feb 13 16:48:14 PST 2010


Commit-ID:  b1a54c95ec28640745fc8d6d96774b1238f9f5d2
Gitweb:     http://syslinux.zytor.com/commit/b1a54c95ec28640745fc8d6d96774b1238f9f5d2
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
AuthorDate: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:45:11 -0800
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
CommitDate: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:45:11 -0800

NEWS: update for 3.85 release



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 NEWS |   17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5008c1f..7687f6d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ or EXTLINUX apply to that specific program only; other changes apply
 to all derivatives.
 
 Changes in 3.85:
+	* gPXELINUX: updated to gPXE 1.0.0.  gPXELINUX can now do NBP
+	  chainloading, and does not require a second DHCP.
 	* vesamenu.c32: unbreak the default "grey hole" background.
 	* We no longer have a built-in default of "linux auto".
 	  Instead, if no DEFAULT or UI statement is found, or the
@@ -12,7 +14,20 @@ Changes in 3.85:
 	  PXELINUX if the configuration file is not found.)
 	* chain.c32: support chainloading Grub4DOS; patch by Gert
 	  Hulselmans.
-
+	* New tool: sysdump.c32, can be used to produce system
+	  information for debugging via tftp or ymodem (serial port).
+	* "vga=current" on the Linux command line is now supported.
+	* chain.c32: support for Windows Recovery Console, via the
+	  "cmldr=" option.
+	* chain.c32: should now support loading NTLDR from different
+	  type media than loaded from.
+	* chain.c32: support chainloading to a FAT/NTFS partition with
+	  invalid "hidden sectors" via the "sethidden" option.
+	* memdisk: fix the mBFT ACPI table.
+	* vesamenu.c32: if the image is smaller than the screen, tile
+	  it across the whole screen.
+	* mkdiskimage: -s option for producing a sparse image.
+	  
 Changes in 3.84:
 	* SYSLINUX: make the DOS installer work for MS-DOS 7.x/8.x
 	  (Win9x/ME) again.



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