Pavel Roskin wrote:
On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 22:59 +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
--boot-type=(native|emulation)
select cdrom native (default) or floppy emulation
boot type
Since it is a flag for enabling a compatibility option, I think it's more
like a boolean.
Actually, there is also hard drive emulation, which might be useful for
USB flash keys eventually, so it's not a boolean option. But we can
always change it later.
There is a hdd emulation mode for bootable CD in the El Torito standard.
AFIAK, there is no emulation mode for bootable USB flash keys. Their
images are identical to large floppies ("superfloppy" without
partitions) or hard disks (with partitions). Some BIOS boot both types,
some don't.
This results in 6 possible image variants:
1. Floppy: --image-type=floppy
2. CD, no emulation: --image-type=cdrom [--emulation=none]
3. CD, floppy emulation: --image-type=cdrom --emulation=floppy
4. CD, hdd emulation: --image-type=cdrom --emulation=hdd
5. USB without partitions: --image-type=superfloppy
6. USB with partitions: --image-type=hdd
It may be possible to use the image #1 as image #5.
Christian
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