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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..

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Re: Documentation [ In reply to ]
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

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Re: Documentation [ In reply to ]
> 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

Sure - here it is

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Re: Documentation [ In reply to ]
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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Re: Documentation [ In reply to ]
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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Re: Documentation [ In reply to ]
Geert Stappers wrote:
>
> Or even worse:
> I could be wrong for expecting the patch going into "git".
>
> Someone willing to tell what happens to the provided patch?
>

Applied. For future reference, it helps if the patch is provided in an
email that can applied directly with appropriate comments, see:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches;hb=HEAD

-hpa

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