1 = syslinux-cli(1) = 2 :doctype: manpage 3 :revdate: 2012-11-10 4 :author: H. Peter Anvin 5 :author-email: hpa (a] zytor.com 6 :editor1: Gene Cumm 7 :editor1-email: gene.cumm (a] gmail.com 8 :editor1-revlast: 2012-11-10 9 :data-uri: 10 11 == NAME == 12 syslinux-cli - *Syslinux* boot prompt/command line interface 13 14 15 == DESCRIPTION == 16 *Syslinux*'s boot prompt provides a very simplistic command line 17 interface for loading modules and booting kernels. 18 19 20 == BOOT PROMPT == 21 === COMMAND LINE KEYSTROKES === 22 The command line prompt supports the following keystrokes: 23 24 <Enter> boot specified command line 25 <BackSpace> erase one character 26 <Ctrl-U> erase the whole line 27 <Ctrl-V> display the current Syslinux version 28 <Ctrl-W> erase one word 29 <Ctrl-X> force text mode 30 <Tab> list matching labels 31 <F1>..<F12> help screens (if configured) 32 <Ctrl-F><digit> equivalent to F1..F10 33 <Ctrl-C> interrupt boot in progress 34 <Esc> interrupt boot in progress 35 <Ctrl-N> display network information (PXELINUX only; 3.50-4.06) 36 37 38 === WORKING DIRECTORY === 39 At start, the initial working directory for *SYSLINUX*/*ISOLINUX* will 40 be the directory containing the initial configuration file. If no 41 configuration file is found, *SYSLINUX* should default to the 42 install-time working directory, however this is a known issue with some 43 versions including 4.06. 44 45 At start, the initial working directory for *PXELINUX* will be the 46 parent directory of pxelinux.0 unless overridden with DHCP option 210. 47 If no configuration file is found, *PXELINUX* will start a timer to 48 reboot the system in an attempt to restart the boot process and resolve 49 a possible transient issue. 50 51 52 === ALTERNATE FILENAMES === 53 For kernel-like file names given on the command line, *Syslinux* will 54 attempt to append file name extensions to the specified file name when 55 the file is not found in the following order: .0[*PXELINUX* only], 56 .bin[*ISOLINUX* only], .bs[*SYSLINUX* only], .bss[*SYSLINUX* only], 57 .c32, .cbt[Up to 4.06], .com[Up to 4.06] and .img[*ISOLINUX* 1.65-4.04 only]. 58 59 // Is this true of file names specified in a config? As of when? 60 61 62 === PATH RULES === 63 64 The current working directory is *always* searched first, before PATH, 65 when attempting to open a filename. The current working directory is 66 not affected when specifying a file with an absolute path. For 67 example, given the following file system layout, 68 69 .... 70 /boot/ 71 /bin/ 72 ls.c32 73 libls.c32 74 /foo/ 75 libls.c32 76 .... 77 78 assuming that the current working directory is /boot/foo, and assuming 79 that libls.c32 is a dependency of ls.c32, executing /boot/bin/ls.c32 80 will cause /boot/foo/libls.c32 to be loaded, not /boot/bin/libls.c32, 81 even if /boot/bin is specified in the PATH directive of a config file. 82 83 The reason that things work this way is that typically a user will 84 install all library files in the Syslinux installation directory, as 85 specified with the --directory installer option. This method allows 86 the user to omit the PATH directive from their config file and still 87 have things work correctly. 88 89 90 == AUTHOR == 91 This AsciiDoc derived document is a modified version of the original 92 *SYSLINUX* documentation by {author} <{author-email}>. The conversion 93 to an AsciiDoc was made by {editor1} <{editor1-email}> 94
