On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 08:15:56PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 02:43:19PM -0400, Andrew Clausen wrote: > > > Or we can attempt to read a given file when we expect it's there. For > > > example, if we're looking for /boot/grub/, we can tell "/boot/grub" to the > > > filesystem layer, so that it will require it as a precondition. > > > > I can see that that would work will for some use cases... > > Most importantly, it's a net win. If we know a file is there, there's no > harm in requiring that the filesystem driver is capable of reading it. > > It's a pity, because we already had this check, and we were forced to > disable it. Would you like to help us restore it? I can give more details.
Btw, the grub-probe check has just been reenabled in our experimental branch (see http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-2-download.en.html). Perhaps you could test it and report if it fixes your problem? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
