[syslinux] MultiFS syntax definition (Raphael S Carvalho)

[Spike White]

Raphael,

Except for the : instead of the , this looks like the grub hard disk
nomenclature that's been around for a thousand years.  Certainly since
early GRUB1.

Example:
    (hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

Why did you chose : instead of grub's , ?

I'm guessing (like grub) that disks & partitions are 0-based?
(Were the original grub authors European?)

Spike

#Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 15:09:06 -0300
#From: Raphael S Carvalho <raphael.scarv at gmail.com>
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#Subject: [syslinux] MultiFS syntax definition
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#Before proceeding with the MultiFS patchset, let's discuss the MultiFS
syntax.
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#It's currently as follows:
#(hd[disk number]:[partition number])/path/to/file
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#Any objections?
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#Regards,
#Raphael S. Carvalho