[syslinux] Documentation

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Thu Dec 20 11:36:14 PST 2007


Op 11-12-2007 om 09:31 schreef Geert Stappers:
> 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.

Or even worse:
  I could be wrong for expecting the patch going into "git".


Someone willing to tell what happens to the provided patch?



Cheers
Someone expecting a message like 'patch applied, tnx'




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