[syslinux] Documentation

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Tue Dec 11 00:31:37 PST 2007


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 is

That 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




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