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Hello, I have worked in order to allow GRUB to be used on CD (for 1.2, 1.44, 2.88 and HD emulation modes) and to be used on floppies with extended formats (i.e. blocks of 512, but a non-standard number of cylinders and/or sectors, for example 1680Ko and 1743Ko). Now, CD works, and extended formats are on the way. I have still some work to do with extended formats, but the work should be achieved at the end of the week. For Debian, between others, using GRUB on a CD in _HD emulation_ will allow to display several GRUB menus, say a first menu to choose the language of the installation, then a localized menu displaying choices between different flavours of installation. IMHO, the correct way to go is to have _one_ modular kernel and several different initrd on the same small virtual HD (a script will be given to build virtual bootable disks). More explanations will be given when the patches will be published (on the GRUB list for the patches; on the 3 lists for the explanations/HOWTO). GRUB is the definitive BOSS! (BOotStrapping oS). Cheers, -- Thierry Laronde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Site Debian Francophone (aka SDF) : http://www.debian-france.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
