From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIry-0001n5-6u for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:10:50 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIrv-0001hF-Km for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:10:47 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIrs-0001Zj-9O for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:10:46 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIrs-0001ZX-33 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:10:44 -0500 Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.de ([194.25.134.18] helo=mailout04.sul.t-online.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWIrr-0001Kp-Op for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:10:44 -0500 Received: from fwd32.aul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1JWIrq-0001yW-01; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:10:42 +0100 Received: from [10.3.2.2] (GcHOcvZbwhhool+zaD6f+BSurrdF1gVfEgj-L2sgcu0tPfZ1vkjiaT+IyntFLHUQ4J@[217.235.219.185]) by fwd32.aul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1JWIrd-1K6kQC0; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:10:29 +0100 Message-ID: <47CC7757.9070103@t-online.de> Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:10:31 +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: <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> <20080303204619.GA22431@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20080303204619.GA22431@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ID: GcHOcvZbwhhool+zaD6f+BSurrdF1gVfEgj-L2sgcu0tPfZ1vkjiaT+IyntFLHUQ4J X-TOI-MSGID: da8f63d6-ed04-4f84-82f5-a5b30b521d14 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: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:10:48 -0000 Robert Millan wrote: > On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 10:05:22PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote: > > ... >> --- 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? > > OK, e.g. . --emulation=TYPE select El Torito boot emulation type floppy . or none (default) (cdrom only) Or with the help syntax used by the grub binaries: . --emulation=(floppy|none) select El Torito boot emulation type (cdrom only) . [default=none] Christian