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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+ |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+mbootpack: mbootpack (Multiboot kernel and modules)
+mbootpack:
+mbootpack: This is a tool that takes a multiboot kernel and modules (e.g. a Xen
+mbootpack: VMM, linux kernel and initrd), and packages them up as a single file
+mbootpack: that looks like a bzImage linux kernel. The aim is to allow you to
+mbootpack: boot multiboot kernels (in particular, Xen) using bootloaders that
+mbootpack: don't support multiboot (i.e. pretty much anything except GRUB and
+mbootpack: SYSLINUX). This is, as you might expect, pretty grim stuff, involving
+mbootpack: lots of lovely 16-bit real-mode code.
+mbootpack:
+mbootpack: Homepage: http://www.tjd.phlegethon.org/software/