On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:31:59 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Orestes leal wrote: > > Hi folks, 2 weeks ago I began to learn C, > > my advances are very good, my question it's that, > > The topic sounds funny but it's mostly serious, > > > > > > QUESTION: Studying C 'every day' 4 hours with good understanding, > > writing at least 10 programs to test this knowledge every day, the question > > it: How Long Can I become a very 'very' good C programmer to the point to > > hack in some > > kernel of some system or writing good apps without some trouble? > > > > Here's your test. > > There's a bootloader called Grub. > Your assignment is to change the 'root' command of Grub so that it not > only takes the form 'root (hd<drive no.>,<partition no.>)' but also > 'root FILE=<absolute file name>'. > Root will now look for that file in all of the system and mount the > partition that it is found in. > > I can do it but I get errors and why is sure stumping me. > > Hugo Well, sounds funny since i'm a c begginer, but, if root it's a function or a parameter to a function I think that you must change the parser of the arguments to adapt to this new situation. Sorry if I'm wrong but I never ask have a test, so maybe 3 months from now :) -olr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
