From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JWHa6-0007q6-38 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:48:18 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWHa4-0007oY-36 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:48:16 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWHZz-0007mF-OB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:48:14 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWHZz-0007mC-Ip for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:48:11 -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 1JWHZy-0000MX-Mt for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:48:11 -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 1JWHZs-0001LQ-Rd for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:48:05 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JWHYB-0005r6-Hm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:46:19 +0100 Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:46:19 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080303204619.GA22431@thorin> References: <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> <20080210151412.GA7404@thorin> <47B61311.90005@t-online.de> <20080217133107.GA15576@thorin> <47C9C512.4090009@t-online.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <47C9C512.4090009@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: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:48:16 -0000 On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 10:05:22PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote: > > Here a new version of the patch with Joliet enabled always. Should not > break anything. > > Christian > > 2008-03-01 Christian Franke > > * util/i386/pc/grub-mkrescue.in: Add --emulation=floppy > to create a floppy emulation boot CD when non emulation mode > does not work. > Enable Joliet CD filesystem extension. > > > --- grub2.orig/util/i386/pc/grub-mkrescue.in 2008-02-09 14:02:56.057039500 +0100 > +++ grub2/util/i386/pc/grub-mkrescue.in 2008-03-01 21:52:23.493466900 +0100 > @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ > --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) > + --emulation=TYPE select boot emulation type floppy or none (default) Uhm maybe it'd be better to mention what the emulation is for. As it is, user might wonder what is the appropiate --emulation value for --image-type=floppy, or even why --emulation=floppy doesn't produce floppy images. What do you think? -- 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 /.)