[SOLVED] Pacman Message: Set up Syslinux BIOS

makh · 2018-08-11 20:09:17

Hi

During a recent update, I got this message:

==> For setting up Syslinux BIOS using the syslinux-install_update script follow
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … ic_Install

Do I really need to do this, as I have no idea that I need Syslinux BIOS or not?

Thankyou

Last edited by makh (2018-08-15 06:08:15)

Trilby · 2018-08-11 20:13:28

makh wrote:

Do I really need to do this

Are you setting up syslinux as your bootloader? This is nothing new - this has been documented in the wiki and these message have been emited for years.

makh wrote:

I have no idea that I need Syslinux BIOS or not?

How can you not know? If you installed your system, you would know. If you didn't install it, ask whoever did.

jasonwryan · 2018-08-11 20:14:34

Presumably you installed your system, so you must know if it is BIOS or UEFI...

makh · 2018-08-13 14:54:21

Trilby wrote:

...

Hi
wrt: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide
Theres no mention to setup syslinux.
2. I use grub2.

@jasonwryan: I used BIOS/Legacy boot system, not the UEFI.

Thankyou

Trilby · 2018-08-13 14:58:51

makh wrote:

Theres no mention to setup syslinux.

Yes, there is. Not directly on that page, but that page directs you to install a boot loader and the page it links to mentions syslinux as one of the options.

makh wrote:

2. I use grub2.

Then why did you install syslinux? Or should I refer back to my previous inference: why did whoever installed your system for you install syslinux?

makh · 2018-08-13 20:44:48

Trilby wrote:

Then why did you install syslinux? Or should I refer back to my previous inference: why did whoever installed your system for you install syslinux?

I think I installed something, that perhaps pulled it.
Then, I dont need to do anything?
Thankyou

jasonwryan · 2018-08-13 20:50:03

makh wrote:

I think I installed something, that perhaps pulled it.

Think about that for a minute...

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[SOLVED] Pacman Message: Set up Syslinux BIOS

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