From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JNcS0-0003Uv-Ju for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:16:08 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNcRz-0003Ua-7r for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:16:07 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNcRx-0003UG-MK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:16:06 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNcRx-0003UD-HX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:16:05 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JNcRx-0003BG-4a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:16:05 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JNcRu-0007pq-BW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:16:04 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JNcQ7-0004ZJ-2i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:14:11 +0100 Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:14:11 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080208231411.GC17287@thorin> References: <47ACA35C.6080803@t-online.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <47ACA35C.6080803@t-online.de> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] Create floppy emulation boot CD with grub-mkimage X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:16:07 -0000 On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 07:45:48PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote: > --overlay=DIR overlay directory DIR in the memdisk image > --pkglibdir=DIR use images from directory DIR instead of ${pkglibdir} > --grub-mkimage=FILE use FILE as grub-mkimage > - --image-type=TYPE select floppy or cdrom (default) > + --image-type=TYPE select floppy, floppycd, or cdrom (default) I find this user interface confusing. How does one know what "floppycd" means? I think it'd be much easier to understand if this was a separate option, something like: --image-type=TYPE select floppy or cdrom (default) --some-option explain what it does -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)