This is a security fix. Changes in 2.02: * SYSLINUX: Security flaws have been found in the SYSLINUX installer when running setuid root. Rewrite the SYSLINUX installer so it uses mtools instead. It therefore now requires mtools (specifically mcopy and mattrib) to exist on your system, but it will not require root privileges and SHOULD NOT be setuid. Begin3 Title: syslinux Version: 2.02 Entered-date: 2003-02-13 Description: SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which operates off MS-DOS floppies. It is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, rescue disks, and other uses for boot floppies. A SYSLINUX floppy can be manipulated using standard MS-DOS (or any other OS that can access an MS-DOS filesystem) tools once it has been created; and requires only a ~ 9K DOS program or ~ 19K Linux program to create in the first place. Starting with version 1.46 it also includes PXELINUX, a program to boot off a network server using a boot PROM compatible with the Intel PXE (Pre-Execution Environment) specification. Starting with version 1.60 it also includes ISOLINUX, a program to boot off an ISO 9660 in native "no-emulation" mode. Starting with version 1.65, it additionally includes MEMDISK, a tool to boot legacy operating systems from nontraditional media like PXE or CD-ROM. Keywords: syslinux pxelinux msdos boot loader floppy install network pxe iso9660 cdfs memdisk Author: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) Maintained-by: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) Primary-site: ftp.kernel.org /pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux 347702 syslinux-2.02.tar.gz 417301 syslinux-2.02.zip Alternate-site: ibiblio.org /pub/Linux/system/boot/loaders Platforms: DOS or Linux to install. Linux, perl and nasm 0.98.32 or later required to build from source. Copying-policy: GPL End