Unnecessary syslinux/usb files?

Forum: USB booting
Topic: Unnecessary syslinux/usb files?
started by: chaostic

Posted by chaostic on May 08 2008,07:43

I get a bit neurotic about having unneeded files cluttering up the directory listing, and was wondering which of the files can be erased?

boot.cat
boot.msg
f2
f3
german.kbd
knoppix/
ldlinux.sys
linux24
logo.16
minirt24.gz
readme.txt
syslinux.cfg

Of course, linux24, minirt24.gz, KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX, and syslinux.cfg are needed, but are boot.cat, boot.msg, logo.16, f2, f3 and german.kbd needed at all?

Posted by curaga on May 08 2008,12:15

yes, they are needed, only readme.txt can be deleted..
boot.cat is only effective on cd's, so if you have a frugal install it could be removed though.

To complement my prev answer, f{2,3} and the picture are technically not needed, but nice to have to be able to look at cheat codes and to have a DSL logo there.