Re: [PATCH] Create floppy emulation boot CD with grub-mkimage

[Robert Millan]

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

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