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#243478: 'grub-install --no-floppy' is to be provided for systems which have no floppy,
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From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
To: Helmut Rathgen <helmut.rathgen@physik.uni-freiburg.de>,
243478-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#243478: 'grub-install --no-floppy' is to be provided for systems which have no floppy
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Helmut Rathgen wrote:
=3D> SUPPORT FOR THE '--no-floppy' OPTION OF 'grub-install' IS TO BE=20
IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY IN THE GRUB-INSTALLER PACKAGE to allow for=20
installation on machines which have no floppy (notebooks, servers,...)!
a. Please don't yell at us. Please don't dictate to us. I wouldn't
accept that behavior if you were my employer, and you're not.
b. It already is, in the dailys.
--=20
see shy jo
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