Package: extlinux Priority: optional Version: 5.01-1 Source: syslinux Architecture: __ARCH__ Maintainer: Paul A. Whittaker Section: Utilities Destination: any Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) Recommends: extlinux-runtime Description: Utility for installing an x86 bootstrap on ext2/3 filesystems This is the ext2/3 equivalent of syslinux (which only works with FAT filesystems). Extlinux only makes a disk partition bootable, not the disk itself (you need to install an MBR for that). . You need this to reinstall the extlinux boot loader locally, or to install it somewhere else. . The target filesystem must have extlinux-runtime installed.