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Translation(s): English - Italiano

The SYSLINUX Project covers a suite of lightweight ?BootLoaders, for starting up computers operating system.

Overview

  • the original SYSLINUX, used for booting from File Allocation Table - FAT - filesystems (usually floppy discs);
  • ISOLINUX, used for booting from CD-ROM ISO 9660 filesystems;
  • PXELINUX, used for booting from a network server using the Pre-eXecution Environment (PXE) system;
  • EXTLINUX, used to boot from Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems;
  • MEMDISK, used to boot older operating systems like MS-DOS from these media.

Syslinux and Debian

Debian uses syslinux for purposes :

IsoLinux :

Debian Installation CDs and DVDs (on i386, amd64, and maybe others) uses syslinux' isolinux.

PxeLinux :

Debian Installer's Netboot uses syslinux' pxelinux.

See also