Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-12-06 Thread Ryan Finnie
On 12/02/2012 03:54 AM, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> postinst I can read in /etc/default/grub-finnix, check if FINNIX_ISO is >> set, and if not, mention that it must be configured from >> /etc/default/grub-finnix. > Please don't! This way you will annoy everybody on every new install. > It would be much

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-12-02 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 20, Ryan Finnie wrote: > > I think that we can assume the "you should read README.Debian for more > > information" part for all packages... > True, but that was more to guide the user, given the fact that the > package does absolutely nothing without user configuration. Perhaps in This a

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread gustavo panizzo
thanks for a such complete explanation, good luck getting your package into debian, i will probably use it :) PS: just a suggestion, would you change it's name to something more generic? like grub-initrd (?), since it could be used to boot other distros -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-b

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Ryan Finnie
On 11/20/2012 07:00 AM, gustavo panizzo wrote: >> I don't see a grub-iso package? > > sorry, package is grub-imageboot Ahh. No, grub-imageboot won't work. It works by chaining memdisk, which boots ISOs by emulating INT 13h. This works fine for simple ISOs such as DOS, or Linux with just a ker

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread gustavo panizzo
On 2012-11-20 8:38, Ryan Finnie wrote: On 11/20/2012 02:41 AM, gustavo panizzo wrote: is that different from current boot from iso support on grub-iso package? I don't see a grub-iso package? sorry, package is grub-imageboot RF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lis

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Ryan Finnie
On 11/20/2012 02:41 AM, gustavo panizzo wrote: > is that different from current boot from iso support on grub-iso package? I don't see a grub-iso package? RF signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread gustavo panizzo
Ryan Finnie wrote: >Package: wnpp >Severity: wishlist >Owner: Ryan Finnie > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA256 > >* Package name: grub-finnix > Version : 107 > Upstream Author : N/A, native package >* URL : N/A, native package >* License : GPL >

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Ryan Finnie
On 11/20/2012 01:21 AM, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> Description : Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems > I think that you should add one or two lines to explain what Finnix is. > At least, the word "rescue" would help a lot... Good idea; looking back, I was writing the description f

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 20, Ryan Finnie wrote: > Description : Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems I think that you should add one or two lines to explain what Finnix is. At least, the word "rescue" would help a lot... > Note that there are certain restrictions regarding where the ISO may b

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Ryan Finnie
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Ryan Finnie -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 * Package name: grub-finnix Version : 107 Upstream Author : N/A, native package * URL : N/A, native package * License : GPL Programming Lang: Shell (dash-comp