From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JNciR-0003PG-Ar for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:33:07 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNciN-0003NF-Ti for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:33:04 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNciM-0003Lo-1j for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:33:03 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNciL-0003Le-NQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:33:01 -0500 Received: from mailout06.sul.t-online.de ([194.25.134.19] helo=mailout06.sul.t-online.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JNciL-0006Kt-2g for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:33:01 -0500 Received: from fwd25.aul.t-online.de by mailout06.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1JNciI-00026O-01; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:32:58 +0100 Received: from [10.3.2.2] (r3HueeZEYhXkKF9C7xZyMZz+0TtszWK7pJf325Wzl7YKvhrsG5Lcrw5fx1cpN-7QGh@[217.235.253.64]) by fwd25.aul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1JNci5-1JmOno0; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:32:45 +0100 Message-ID: <47ACE69B.7070101@t-online.de> Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:32:43 +0100 From: Christian Franke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <47ACA35C.6080803@t-online.de> <20080208231411.GC17287@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20080208231411.GC17287@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ID: r3HueeZEYhXkKF9C7xZyMZz+0TtszWK7pJf325Wzl7YKvhrsG5Lcrw5fx1cpN-7QGh X-TOI-MSGID: 8c6e91fe-a68a-4413-86d3-a647a2c1d192 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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 23:33:04 -0000 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 Christian