1124 lines
27 KiB
HTML
1124 lines
27 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
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<head>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" />
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<meta name="generator" content="AsciiDoc 8.6.8" />
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<title>syslinux(1)</title>
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<style type="text/css">
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/* Shared CSS for AsciiDoc xhtml11 and html5 backends */
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/* Default font. */
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body {
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font-family: Georgia,serif;
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}
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/* Title font. */
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h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6,
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div.title, caption.title,
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thead, p.table.header,
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#toctitle,
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#author, #revnumber, #revdate, #revremark,
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#footer {
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font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
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}
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body {
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margin: 1em 5% 1em 5%;
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}
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a {
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color: blue;
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text-decoration: underline;
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}
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a:visited {
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color: fuchsia;
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}
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em {
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font-style: italic;
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color: navy;
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}
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strong {
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font-weight: bold;
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color: #083194;
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}
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h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
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color: #527bbd;
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margin-top: 1.2em;
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margin-bottom: 0.5em;
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line-height: 1.3;
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}
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h1, h2, h3 {
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border-bottom: 2px solid silver;
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}
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h2 {
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padding-top: 0.5em;
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}
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h3 {
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float: left;
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}
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h3 + * {
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clear: left;
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}
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h5 {
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font-size: 1.0em;
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}
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div.sectionbody {
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margin-left: 0;
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}
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hr {
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border: 1px solid silver;
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}
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p {
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margin-top: 0.5em;
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margin-bottom: 0.5em;
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}
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ul, ol, li > p {
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margin-top: 0;
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}
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ul > li { color: #aaa; }
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ul > li > * { color: black; }
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.monospaced, code, pre {
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font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
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font-size: inherit;
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color: navy;
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padding: 0;
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margin: 0;
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}
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#author {
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color: #527bbd;
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font-weight: bold;
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font-size: 1.1em;
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}
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#email {
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}
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#revnumber, #revdate, #revremark {
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}
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#footer {
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font-size: small;
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border-top: 2px solid silver;
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padding-top: 0.5em;
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margin-top: 4.0em;
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}
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#footer-text {
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float: left;
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padding-bottom: 0.5em;
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}
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#footer-badges {
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float: right;
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padding-bottom: 0.5em;
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}
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#preamble {
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margin-top: 1.5em;
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margin-bottom: 1.5em;
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}
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div.imageblock, div.exampleblock, div.verseblock,
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div.quoteblock, div.literalblock, div.listingblock, div.sidebarblock,
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div.admonitionblock {
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 1.5em;
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}
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div.admonitionblock {
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margin-top: 2.0em;
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margin-bottom: 2.0em;
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margin-right: 10%;
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color: #606060;
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}
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div.content { /* Block element content. */
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padding: 0;
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}
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/* Block element titles. */
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div.title, caption.title {
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color: #527bbd;
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font-weight: bold;
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text-align: left;
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 0.5em;
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}
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div.title + * {
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margin-top: 0;
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}
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td div.title:first-child {
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margin-top: 0.0em;
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}
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div.content div.title:first-child {
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margin-top: 0.0em;
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}
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div.content + div.title {
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margin-top: 0.0em;
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}
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div.sidebarblock > div.content {
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background: #ffffee;
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border: 1px solid #dddddd;
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border-left: 4px solid #f0f0f0;
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padding: 0.5em;
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}
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div.listingblock > div.content {
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border: 1px solid #dddddd;
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border-left: 5px solid #f0f0f0;
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background: #f8f8f8;
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padding: 0.5em;
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}
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div.quoteblock, div.verseblock {
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padding-left: 1.0em;
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margin-left: 1.0em;
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margin-right: 10%;
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border-left: 5px solid #f0f0f0;
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color: #888;
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}
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div.quoteblock > div.attribution {
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padding-top: 0.5em;
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text-align: right;
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}
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div.verseblock > pre.content {
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font-family: inherit;
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font-size: inherit;
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}
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div.verseblock > div.attribution {
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padding-top: 0.75em;
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text-align: left;
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}
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/* DEPRECATED: Pre version 8.2.7 verse style literal block. */
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div.verseblock + div.attribution {
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text-align: left;
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}
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div.admonitionblock .icon {
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vertical-align: top;
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font-size: 1.1em;
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font-weight: bold;
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text-decoration: underline;
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color: #527bbd;
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padding-right: 0.5em;
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}
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div.admonitionblock td.content {
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padding-left: 0.5em;
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border-left: 3px solid #dddddd;
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}
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div.exampleblock > div.content {
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border-left: 3px solid #dddddd;
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padding-left: 0.5em;
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}
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div.imageblock div.content { padding-left: 0; }
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span.image img { border-style: none; }
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a.image:visited { color: white; }
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dl {
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margin-top: 0.8em;
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margin-bottom: 0.8em;
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}
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dt {
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margin-top: 0.5em;
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margin-bottom: 0;
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font-style: normal;
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color: navy;
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}
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dd > *:first-child {
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margin-top: 0.1em;
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}
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ul, ol {
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list-style-position: outside;
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}
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ol.arabic {
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list-style-type: decimal;
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}
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ol.loweralpha {
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list-style-type: lower-alpha;
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}
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ol.upperalpha {
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list-style-type: upper-alpha;
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}
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ol.lowerroman {
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list-style-type: lower-roman;
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}
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ol.upperroman {
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list-style-type: upper-roman;
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}
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div.compact ul, div.compact ol,
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div.compact p, div.compact p,
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div.compact div, div.compact div {
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margin-top: 0.1em;
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margin-bottom: 0.1em;
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}
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tfoot {
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font-weight: bold;
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}
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td > div.verse {
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white-space: pre;
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}
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div.hdlist {
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margin-top: 0.8em;
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margin-bottom: 0.8em;
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}
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div.hdlist tr {
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padding-bottom: 15px;
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}
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dt.hdlist1.strong, td.hdlist1.strong {
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font-weight: bold;
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}
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td.hdlist1 {
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vertical-align: top;
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font-style: normal;
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padding-right: 0.8em;
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color: navy;
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}
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td.hdlist2 {
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vertical-align: top;
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}
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div.hdlist.compact tr {
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margin: 0;
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padding-bottom: 0;
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}
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.comment {
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background: yellow;
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}
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.footnote, .footnoteref {
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font-size: 0.8em;
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}
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span.footnote, span.footnoteref {
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vertical-align: super;
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}
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#footnotes {
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margin: 20px 0 20px 0;
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padding: 7px 0 0 0;
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}
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#footnotes div.footnote {
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margin: 0 0 5px 0;
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}
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#footnotes hr {
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border: none;
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border-top: 1px solid silver;
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height: 1px;
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text-align: left;
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margin-left: 0;
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width: 20%;
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min-width: 100px;
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}
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div.colist td {
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padding-right: 0.5em;
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padding-bottom: 0.3em;
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vertical-align: top;
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}
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div.colist td img {
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margin-top: 0.3em;
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}
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@media print {
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#footer-badges { display: none; }
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}
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#toc {
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margin-bottom: 2.5em;
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}
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#toctitle {
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color: #527bbd;
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font-size: 1.1em;
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font-weight: bold;
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 0.1em;
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}
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div.toclevel0, div.toclevel1, div.toclevel2, div.toclevel3, div.toclevel4 {
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margin-top: 0;
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margin-bottom: 0;
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}
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div.toclevel2 {
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margin-left: 2em;
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font-size: 0.9em;
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}
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div.toclevel3 {
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margin-left: 4em;
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font-size: 0.9em;
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}
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div.toclevel4 {
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margin-left: 6em;
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font-size: 0.9em;
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}
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span.aqua { color: aqua; }
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span.black { color: black; }
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span.blue { color: blue; }
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span.fuchsia { color: fuchsia; }
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span.gray { color: gray; }
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span.green { color: green; }
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span.lime { color: lime; }
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span.maroon { color: maroon; }
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span.navy { color: navy; }
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span.olive { color: olive; }
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span.purple { color: purple; }
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span.red { color: red; }
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span.silver { color: silver; }
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span.teal { color: teal; }
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span.white { color: white; }
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span.yellow { color: yellow; }
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span.aqua-background { background: aqua; }
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span.black-background { background: black; }
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span.blue-background { background: blue; }
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span.fuchsia-background { background: fuchsia; }
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span.gray-background { background: gray; }
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span.green-background { background: green; }
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span.lime-background { background: lime; }
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span.maroon-background { background: maroon; }
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span.navy-background { background: navy; }
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span.olive-background { background: olive; }
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span.purple-background { background: purple; }
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span.red-background { background: red; }
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span.silver-background { background: silver; }
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span.teal-background { background: teal; }
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span.white-background { background: white; }
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span.yellow-background { background: yellow; }
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span.big { font-size: 2em; }
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span.small { font-size: 0.6em; }
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span.underline { text-decoration: underline; }
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span.overline { text-decoration: overline; }
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span.line-through { text-decoration: line-through; }
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div.unbreakable { page-break-inside: avoid; }
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/*
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* xhtml11 specific
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*
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* */
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div.tableblock {
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 1.5em;
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}
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div.tableblock > table {
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border: 3px solid #527bbd;
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}
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thead, p.table.header {
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font-weight: bold;
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color: #527bbd;
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}
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p.table {
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margin-top: 0;
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}
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/* Because the table frame attribute is overriden by CSS in most browsers. */
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div.tableblock > table[frame="void"] {
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border-style: none;
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}
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div.tableblock > table[frame="hsides"] {
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border-left-style: none;
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border-right-style: none;
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}
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div.tableblock > table[frame="vsides"] {
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border-top-style: none;
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border-bottom-style: none;
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}
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/*
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* html5 specific
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*
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* */
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table.tableblock {
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margin-top: 1.0em;
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margin-bottom: 1.5em;
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}
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thead, p.tableblock.header {
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font-weight: bold;
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color: #527bbd;
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}
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p.tableblock {
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margin-top: 0;
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}
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table.tableblock {
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border-width: 3px;
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border-spacing: 0px;
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border-style: solid;
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border-color: #527bbd;
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border-collapse: collapse;
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}
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th.tableblock, td.tableblock {
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border-width: 1px;
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padding: 4px;
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border-style: solid;
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border-color: #527bbd;
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}
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table.tableblock.frame-topbot {
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border-left-style: hidden;
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border-right-style: hidden;
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}
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table.tableblock.frame-sides {
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border-top-style: hidden;
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border-bottom-style: hidden;
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}
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table.tableblock.frame-none {
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border-style: hidden;
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}
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th.tableblock.halign-left, td.tableblock.halign-left {
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text-align: left;
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}
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th.tableblock.halign-center, td.tableblock.halign-center {
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text-align: center;
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}
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th.tableblock.halign-right, td.tableblock.halign-right {
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text-align: right;
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}
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th.tableblock.valign-top, td.tableblock.valign-top {
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vertical-align: top;
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}
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th.tableblock.valign-middle, td.tableblock.valign-middle {
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vertical-align: middle;
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}
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th.tableblock.valign-bottom, td.tableblock.valign-bottom {
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vertical-align: bottom;
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}
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/*
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* manpage specific
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*
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* */
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body.manpage h1 {
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padding-top: 0.5em;
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padding-bottom: 0.5em;
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border-top: 2px solid silver;
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border-bottom: 2px solid silver;
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}
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body.manpage h2 {
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border-style: none;
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}
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body.manpage div.sectionbody {
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margin-left: 3em;
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}
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@media print {
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body.manpage div#toc { display: none; }
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}
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</style>
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<script type="text/javascript">
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/*<+'])');
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// Function that scans the DOM tree for header elements (the DOM2
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// nodeIterator API would be a better technique but not supported by all
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// browsers).
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var iterate = function (el) {
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for (var i = el.firstChild; i != null; i = i.nextSibling) {
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if (i.nodeType == 1 /* Node.ELEMENT_NODE */) {
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var mo = re.exec(i.tagName);
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if (mo && (i.getAttribute("class") || i.getAttribute("className")) != "float") {
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result[result.length] = new TocEntry(i, getText(i), mo[1]-1);
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}
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iterate(i);
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}
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}
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}
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iterate(el);
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return result;
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}
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var toc = document.getElementById("toc");
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if (!toc) {
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return;
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}
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// Delete existing TOC entries in case we're reloading the TOC.
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var tocEntriesToRemove = [];
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var i;
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for (i = 0; i < toc.childNodes.length; i++) {
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var entry = toc.childNodes[i];
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if (entry.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'div'
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&& entry.getAttribute("class")
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&& entry.getAttribute("class").match(/^toclevel/))
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tocEntriesToRemove.push(entry);
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}
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for (i = 0; i < tocEntriesToRemove.length; i++) {
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toc.removeChild(tocEntriesToRemove[i]);
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}
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// Rebuild TOC entries.
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var entries = tocEntries(document.getElementById("content"), toclevels);
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for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; ++i) {
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var entry = entries[i];
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if (entry.element.id == "")
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entry.element.id = "_toc_" + i;
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var a = document.createElement("a");
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a.href = "#" + entry.element.id;
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a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(entry.text));
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var div = document.createElement("div");
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<body class="manpage">
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<div id="header">
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<h1>
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syslinux(1) Manual Page
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</h1>
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<h2>NAME</h2>
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<div class="sectionbody">
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<p>syslinux -
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Install SYSLINUX to a file system
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div id="content">
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<div class="sect1">
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<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
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<div class="sectionbody">
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<div class="verseblock">
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<pre class="content"><strong>syslinux</strong> [<em>OPTIONS</em>] <em>DEVICE</em>
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<strong>extlinux</strong> [<em>OPTIONS</em>] <em>PATH</em>
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<strong>syslinux</strong> [-h | --help | -v | --version]
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<strong>extlinux</strong> [-h | --help | -v | --version]</pre>
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<div class="attribution">
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</div></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="sect1">
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<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
|
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<div class="sectionbody">
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<div class="paragraph"><p>Install <strong>SYSLINUX</strong> to the <em>DEVICE</em>/<em>PATH</em>, altering the boot sector and
|
|
installing the <em>ldlinux.sys</em> boot loader file. For the Linux installer
|
|
extlinux, <em>PATH</em> is the desired path for the control files on a mounted,
|
|
supported file system and sets the install-time working directory. For
|
|
all others, <em>DEVICE</em> must specify a FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 file system. For
|
|
the Linux installers syslinux and syslinux-mtools, <em>DEVICE</em> should be an
|
|
unmounted file system. For the DOS/Win32/Win64 installers, <em>DEVICE</em>
|
|
should be a drive like <em>a:</em> (case insensitive).</p></div>
|
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<div class="paragraph"><p>For versions ~4.00 and later, either -i/--install or -U/--update must be
|
|
specified unless modifying the ADV of an existing install (options
|
|
tagged with <em>ADV</em>) or requesting the help/usage or version info, .</p></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>If, during boot, the Shift or Alt keys are held down, or the Caps or
|
|
Scroll locks are set, <strong>Syslinux</strong> will display a <strong>lilo</strong>(8) -style "boot:"
|
|
prompt. The user can then type a kernel file name followed by any kernel
|
|
parameters. The <strong>Syslinux</strong> bootloader does not need to know about the
|
|
kernel or config files in advance.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Syslinux</strong> supports the loading of initial ramdisks (initrd) and the
|
|
bzImage kernel format.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Please note, the ldlinux.sys boot loader file is flagged as immutable
|
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(where applicable) and is modified after copying in to help ensure
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|
boot-time integrity. File systems with a sufficiently large boot loader
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|
reserved area, like btrfs, will have ldlinux.sys installed there rather
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|
than as a normal file. Prior to version 4.00, extlinux would install a
|
|
file extlinux.sys which versions 4.00 and later installers will replace with ldlinux.sys.</p></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="sect1">
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|
<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
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|
<div class="sectionbody">
|
|
<div class="sect2">
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|
<h3 id="_standalone_options">Standalone options</h3>
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|
<div class="dlist"><dl>
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|
<dt class="hdlist1">
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|
<strong>-i</strong>, <strong>--install</strong>
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|
</dt>
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|
<dd>
|
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<p>
|
|
(~4.00+) Install SYSLINUX, regardless of an existing install.
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</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
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|
<strong>-U</strong>, <strong>--update</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
(~4.00+) Update an existing SYSLINUX/EXTLINUX install. If no Syslinux
|
|
boot loader is present, return an error.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
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|
<strong>-h</strong>, <strong>--help</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Display help/usage information.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-v</strong>, <strong>--version</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Display version information and exit immediately.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
</dl></div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="sect2">
|
|
<h3 id="_regular_options">Regular Options</h3>
|
|
<div class="dlist"><dl>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-a</strong>, <strong>--active</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
(DOS/Win32/Win64 ONLY) Mark the install target file system’s partition
|
|
active.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-d</strong>, <strong>--directory</strong> <em>subdirectory</em>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
(Not necessary for extlinux as it is implied by <em>PATH</em>) Install the
|
|
<strong>SYSLINUX</strong> control files in a subdirectory with the specified name
|
|
(relative to the root directory on the device).
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>--device</strong> <em>DEVICE</em>
|
|
</dt>
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|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
(extlinux ONLY; 4.06+) Force use of a specific block device (experts
|
|
only).
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-f</strong>, <strong>--force</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Force install even if it appears unsafe. Before 4.00, -f was used for
|
|
--offset in the Linux installers.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-H</strong>, <strong>--heads</strong> <em>head-count</em>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Override the detected number of heads for the geometry. See also
|
|
<strong>--sector</strong>.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
</dl></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>-m</strong>, <strong>--mbr</strong>:
|
|
(DOS/Win32/Win64 ONLY) Install the regular Syslinux MBR code to the MBR.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="dlist"><dl>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-M</strong>, <strong>--menu-save</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
(4.00+; ADV) Set the label to select as default on the next boot.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-o</strong>, <strong>--once</strong> <em>command</em>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
(ADV) Declare a boot command to be tried on the first boot only. The
|
|
use of <strong>-o</strong> for the Linux installers syslinux or syslinux-mtools has
|
|
been deprecated as of ~4.00 and is no longer valid as of ~4.02.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-O</strong>, <strong>--clear-once</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Clear the boot-once command. See also <strong>--once</strong>.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-r</strong>, <strong>--raid</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
(ADV) RAID mode. If boot fails, tell the BIOS to boot the next device
|
|
in the boot sequence (usually the next hard disk) instead of stopping
|
|
with an error message. This is useful for RAID-1 booting.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>--reset-adv</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
(ADV) Reset auxilliary data vector.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-S</strong>, <strong>--sectors</strong> <em>sector-count</em>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Override the detected number of sectors for the geometry. See also
|
|
<strong>--head</strong>.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-s</strong>, <strong>--stupid</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Install a "safe, slow and stupid" version of <strong>SYSLINUX</strong>. This version
|
|
may work on some very buggy BIOSes on which <strong>SYSLINUX</strong> would otherwise
|
|
fail. If you find a machine on which the -s option is required to make
|
|
it boot reliably, please send as much info about your machine as you
|
|
can, and include the failure mode.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>-t</strong>, <strong>--offset</strong> <em>offset</em>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
(Linux syslinux/syslinux-mtools ONLY) Indicates that the filesystem is
|
|
at an offset from the base of the device or file.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
</dl></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>-z</strong>, <strong>--zipdrive</strong>
|
|
Assume zipdrive geometry (<em>--heads 64 --sectors 32</em>). See also <strong>--head</strong>
|
|
and <strong>--sector</strong>.</p></div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="sect1">
|
|
<h2 id="_examples">EXAMPLES</h2>
|
|
<div class="sectionbody">
|
|
<div class="sect2">
|
|
<h3 id="_booting_dos">Booting DOS</h3>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>For booting DOS and other similar operating systems, there is an easy
|
|
and generally reliable solution to substitute in SYSLINUX as the primary
|
|
boot loader.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="ulist"><ul>
|
|
<li>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Make a DOS-bootable disk; The following are possible commands:
|
|
</p>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>format a: /s
|
|
sys a:</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Copy the DOS boot sector off using Linux or copybs.com:
|
|
</p>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>dd if=/dev/fd0 of=dos.bss bs=512 count=1
|
|
copybs a: a:dos.bss</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Install SYSLINUX using one of:
|
|
</p>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>syslinux a:
|
|
syslinux /dev/fd0 (before 4.00)
|
|
syslinux -i /dev/fd0 (4.00+)</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
<p>
|
|
For Linux, mount the disk and copy the dos.bss to the disk:
|
|
</p>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
|
|
cp dos.bss /mnt</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Copy a Linux kernel image and initrd payload files:
|
|
</p>
|
|
<div class="dlist"><dl>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>Linux:</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
cp vmlinux /mnt
|
|
cp initrd.gz /mnt
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>DOS/Windows:</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
copy vmlinux a:
|
|
copy initrd.gz a:
|
|
</p>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
</dl></div>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<li>
|
|
<p>
|
|
For Linux, umount the disk (if applicable):
|
|
</p>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>umount /mnt</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ul></div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="sect2">
|
|
<h3 id="_mbr">MBR</h3>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>In order to boot from a hard disk (or hard disk-like device) in BIOS
|
|
mode, an appropriate MBR boot block must also be installed in the MBR
|
|
(first sector or 512 bytes of the disk), occupying at most 440 bytes.</p></div>
|
|
<div class="dlist"><dl>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>DOS/Windows:</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<p>
|
|
If using FDISK, FDISK or a similar application must also be used to mark
|
|
the partition as active.
|
|
</p>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code> fdisk /mbr
|
|
OR
|
|
syslinux -ma c:</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
<dt class="hdlist1">
|
|
<strong>Linux:</strong>
|
|
</dt>
|
|
<dd>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>dd bs=440 count=1 conv=notrunc if=mbr/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>For altmbr.bin, an easy way to overwrite the MBR boot block and specify
|
|
the partion number is:</p></div>
|
|
<div class="literalblock">
|
|
<div class="content">
|
|
<pre><code>printf '\1' | cat altmbr.bin - | dd bs=440 count=1 \
|
|
iflag=fullblock conv=notrunc of=/dev/sda</code></pre>
|
|
</div></div>
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>Note: using <em>cat</em> for writing the MBR can under some circumstances cause
|
|
data loss or overwritting. For this reason, using <em>dd</em> is recommended
|
|
for all situations.</p></div>
|
|
</dd>
|
|
</dl></div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="sect1">
|
|
<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
|
|
<div class="sectionbody">
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>syslinux.cfg</strong>(5), <strong>syslinux-cli</strong>(1), <strong>lilo</strong>(8), <strong>keytab-lilo.pl</strong>(8),
|
|
<strong>fdisk</strong>(8), <strong>mkfs</strong>(8), <strong>superformat</strong>(1).</p></div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="sect1">
|
|
<h2 id="_author">AUTHOR</h2>
|
|
<div class="sectionbody">
|
|
<div class="paragraph"><p>This AsciiDoc derived document is a modified version of the original
|
|
<strong>SYSLINUX</strong> documentation by H. Peter Anvin <<a href="mailto:hpa@zytor.com">hpa@zytor.com</a>>. The conversion to
|
|
a manpage was made by Arthur Korn <<a href="mailto:arthur@korn.ch">arthur@korn.ch</a>>. The conversion to
|
|
an AsciiDoc was made by Gene Cumm <<a href="mailto:gene.cumm@gmail.com">gene.cumm@gmail.com</a>></p></div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
</div>
|
|
<div class="sect1">
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<div class="paragraph"><p>Copyright (C) 1994-2012 H. Peter Anvin. Free use of this software is granted
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