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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