[syslinux:master] NEWS: Document mdiskchk.com and eltorito.sys changes
syslinux-bot for Shao Miller
shao.miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca
Mon Jun 28 14:45:03 PDT 2010
Commit-ID: deed6e788d5c162b6f3e5041ff5d19a2886c545a
Gitweb: http://syslinux.zytor.com/commit/deed6e788d5c162b6f3e5041ff5d19a2886c545a
Author: Shao Miller <shao.miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca>
AuthorDate: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:41:21 -0700
Committer: Shao Miller <shao.miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca>
CommitDate: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:41:21 -0700
NEWS: Document mdiskchk.com and eltorito.sys changes
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NEWS | 8 ++++++++
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cc67f50..9f2f779 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ Changes in 4.00:
* isohybrid: C version which does not require Perl.
* New command MENU IMMEDIATE to permit hotkeys to activate
immediately without needing Enter.
+ * mdiskchk.com supports a --no-sequential (or -n) option to
+ suppress the classic all-drive-probing heuristic. Useful
+ on BIOSes who crash/hang when certain drive numbers are
+ probed.
+ * ElTorito.Sys DOS driver now scans drive numbers upwards
+ instead of downwards, in order to avoid a fairly common
+ bug on some BIOSes where probing drive 0xFF causes a
+ failure.
Changes in 3.86:
* chain.c32: fix chainloading the MBR of a hard disk (broken
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