From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JODua-0004rD-5U for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:16:08 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JODuY-0004qx-KW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:16:06 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JODuW-0004ql-7V for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:16:05 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JODuW-0004qi-25 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:16:04 -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 1JODuV-0004mC-UY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:16:04 -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 1JODuT-00036W-Gk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:16:02 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JODsi-0001wl-9e for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:14:12 +0100 Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:14:12 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080210151412.GA7404@thorin> References: <47ACA35C.6080803@t-online.de> <20080208231411.GC17287@thorin> <47ACE69B.7070101@t-online.de> <47ADDD07.3080203@t-online.de> <20080209215923.GA25086@thorin> <1202598270.2418.6.camel@dv> <47AEFF8C.6090505@t-online.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <47AEFF8C.6090505@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: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:16:07 -0000 On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 02:43:40PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote: > > This results in 6 possible image variants: > > 1. Floppy: --image-type=floppy > 2. CD, no emulation: --image-type=cdrom [--emulation=none] > 3. CD, floppy emulation: --image-type=cdrom --emulation=floppy > 4. CD, hdd emulation: --image-type=cdrom --emulation=hdd > 5. USB without partitions: --image-type=superfloppy > 6. USB with partitions: --image-type=hdd > > It may be possible to use the image #1 as image #5. I don't think it is really practical to support USB drives in grub-mkrescue. You'd have to require root permissions, which IMO beats the point of having a separate script from grub-install in first place. -- 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 /.)