On Jan 2, 2008 8:11 PM, Antonio Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I apologize if this is the wrong list, but this is the list I have found > through my searches. Please tell me where to go if this is not the proper > place. > > I would like to have grub do a conditional statement similar to this: > > if file_name on /dev/cdrom matches file_name on /dev/sda1 (USB device) then > boot Linux else boot Windows > > I've search through the Grub site and see there is some support for scripting, > but I don't know how developed it is and if it can do what I'm asking. At the > boot loader stage can it even see the cdrom or USB? > > I also saw in the older Grub archives .... > > "For scripting support, there are a lot of uses. For example booting a > specific OS depending on the time. Some people requested that. If > you look in the pupa-devel archives, you can find the examples Okuji > gave." > > But, I can't find the pupa-devel archives, they seem to be off-line. > > I'm using CentOS 5.0 and if I can do it with Grub 0.97 that comes with the > distro that would be great. I can also upgrade if needed. > > Any comments or direction would be much appreciated. > > Thanks and regards, > > Antonio > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > Hello! This is for the GRUB2 development efforts. Ideally you'd want the one for Grub-Legacy. Oh and if your release of GRUB-0.97 was patched by the Centos builders in some way we'll be able to advise you of course, but your advised to bring the matter to them. -- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway."
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