[syslinux] Advice/directions to users of Syslinux

Ronald F. Guilmette rfg at tristatelogic.com
Thu Jan 23 15:07:49 PST 2014


In message <32488642060905516076 at scdbackup.webframe.org>, 
"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup at gmx.net> wrote:

>I am unhappy with "disk" too.
>But that change would have a much wider scope in the text.

s/disk/mass storage device/g

>"Disk" is the term used by the starting point of the partitioning
>endeavor in SYSLINUX#Creating_a_Bootable_Disk
> "In order to create a bootable disk using SYSLINUX,
>  prepare a normal MS-DOS formatted disk."

Times change.  Terminology must be adjusted to keep up.


Regards,
rfg


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