Hiya. I didn't really offer to help, but as I had time, here's a unified diff clearing the only problem I saw in the docs: not explaining all options. Thank you.. -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: doc.patch Type: application/octet-stream Size: 635 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20071127/9506fc02/attachment.obj>
Lauri Kasanen wrote:> Hiya. > > I didn't really offer to help, but as I had time, here's a unified diff clearing the only problem I saw in the docs: not explaining all options. > > Thank you.. >Could you re-do this diff against the docs included with the distro, instead of the webpage? -hpa
> Lauri Kasanen wrote: > > Hiya. > > > > I didn't really offer to help, but as I had time, here's a > > unified diff clearing the only problem I saw in the docs: not > > explaining all options. > > > > Thank you.. > > > > Could you re-do this diff against the docs included with the distro, > instead of the webpage? > > -hpaSure - here it is -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: docs.patch Type: application/octet-stream Size: 651 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20071127/a9d2aff4/attachment.obj>
Op 27-11-2007 om 19:25 schreef Lauri Kasanen:> hpa, end november 2007 > > > > Could you re-do this diff against the docs included with the distro, > > instead of the webpage? > > Sure - here it isThat patch applied cleanly in my cloned git tree. After `git pull` of the 3.54 release candidate, there is still diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index 1737073..90f333e 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ extlinux.doc for what differs in these versions. Help with cleaning up the docs would be greatly appreciated. + ++++ Options ++++ + +These are the options common to all versions of Syslinux: + + -s Safe, slow, stupid; uses simpler code that boots better + -f Force installing + +These are only in the Windows version: + + -m Mbr; install a bootable MBR sector to the beginning of the + drive. + -a Active; marks the partition used active (=bootable) + + ++++ CREATING A BOOTABLE LINUX FLOPPY +++ In order to create a bootable Linux floppy using SYSLINUX, prepare a I think the patch is about to get lost in the archive ... On the other hand, it could some git newbie thing on my side. Cheers Geert Stappers