On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:20 AM, phcoder <phco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello >>> >>> It's also possible to write a wrapper >>> parttool hd0,1 boot+ >>> >>> Which chooses the correct tool and launches it (a tool can be easily >>> registered as a pair of partition style name and a function). In this >>> case >>> we wouldn't even need separate command for different partition style. We >>> have however to find a way to list all available flags in >>> >>> help parttool >> >> Hi, >> >> The patch looks fine to me, except for perhaps the name. activate >> doesn't seems to suggest its function. Frankly, makeactive doesn't >> make much sense as well, but at least it's already widely used in grub >> legacy, old user could easily guess its function by name. >> > Then we could use parttool syntax. Then parttype can be implemented like > grub> parttool hd0,1 type=7 > makeactive like: > grub> parttool hd0,1 boot+ > And it can even be done by one command > grub> parttool hd0,1 boot+ type=7 > > Thank you for your attention to my patches
Hi, In that case, you might want to use options, which save you the trouble of parsing parameters yourself, for example: parttool [--boot] [--type N] partition -- Bean _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
