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Static extlinux

Several people reported that it's not easy for them to install Slax boot loader from within their existing Linux OS due to the fact they don't have extlinux installed (while the boot installer uses it). On some Linuxes, extlinux is not necessarily even a part of the syslinux package, making it hard for some users to even install it.

I'm happy I finally managed to compile extlinux statically against uclibc. It's just 110KB binary, doesn't depend on any system libraries whatsoever and runs fine on both 32bit and 64bit architectures, so I'm including it in the /slax/boot directory and will use this binary to install Slax to USB device. Suggested by Ady, thank you!

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