From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JNy6H-0003E0-Ep for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:23:09 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNy6E-0003As-CJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:23:06 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNy6C-00038N-Jb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:23:05 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNy6C-00038C-9c for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:23:04 -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 1JNy6B-00037U-Um for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:23:04 -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 1JNy69-0001uo-0w for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:23:03 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JNxjH-0006XX-4q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:59:23 +0100 Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 22:59:23 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080209215923.GA25086@thorin> References: <47ACA35C.6080803@t-online.de> <20080208231411.GC17287@thorin> <47ACE69B.7070101@t-online.de> <47ADDD07.3080203@t-online.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <47ADDD07.3080203@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: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:23:07 -0000 On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:04:07PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote: > Christian Franke wrote: > >Robert Millan wrote: > >>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 > >> > >> > > > >Good point. > > > >--emulation create floppy emulation cdrom image > > > > or > > --boot-type=(native|emulation) > select cdrom native (default) or floppy emulation > boot type Since it is a flag for enabling a compatibility option, I think it's more like a boolean. -- 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 /.)