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Re: (Fwd) Re: new manual for GRUB users


From: Treutwein; Bernhard
Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: new manual for GRUB users
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:36:32 +0200

> Thanks. But please make a diff in unified format. The default format
> is difficult for me to understand.

ok, I hope this is now the correct unified format 
(diff -u grub-new.texi grub-BdT.texi):
-------------------------------------------------- cut here --- 
$ diff -u grub-new.texi grub-BdT.texi
--- grub-new.texi       Mon Jan 22 10:30:01 2001
+++ grub-BdT.texi       Tue Jan 23 09:30:00 2001
@@ -928,11 +928,11 @@
 this, but there is a solution if you do want to do so. Use the partition
 hiding/unhiding technique.

-If GRUB @dfn{hide}s a DOS (or Windows) partition (@pxref{hide}), it
-ignores the partition. If GRUB @dfn{unhide}s a DOS (or Windows)
-partition (@pxref{unhide}), it detects the partition. Thus, if you have
-installed DOS (or Windows) on the first partition and the second of the
-first hard disk, and boot the first copy, do the following:
+If GRUB @dfn{hide}s a DOS (or Windows) partition (@pxref{hide}), DOS/Windows
+will ignore the partition. If GRUB @dfn{unhide}s a DOS (or Windows) partition
+(@pxref{unhide}), DOS/Windows will detect the partition. Thus, if you have
+installed DOS (or Windows) on the first and the second partition of the first
+hard disk, and you want to boot the first copy, do the following:

 @example
 @group
@@ -3536,7 +3536,7 @@
 will be named grub-version.tar.gz. The current version is
 @value{VERSION}, so the file you should grab is:

address@hidden://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/address@hidden
address@hidden://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/address@hidden

 To unbundle GRUB use the instruction:
-------------------------------------------------- cut here --- 

> It is definitely *wrong* to change our manual for a bug in another
> software package. That should be done, only if we cannot avoid doing
> that. Fix teTeX instead.
> 

agreed, I'll ask on the texinfo mailing list for help (although the
changes are still in the diff above).

regards
    Bernhard Treutwein
    address@hidden
    Tel. 049-89-2180-2774  Fax.: 089-2180-9927741



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