Re: Loading boot image retrieved from CD-ROM

2007-06-23 Thread Bean
On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 01:00:13AM -0400, Alex Roman wrote: > On 24/06/07, Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Maybe the image overwrites code in statrt.S after it's copied to 0x7c00. To > >verify, you can print the address of function like grub_eltorito_boot, > >grub_gate_a20 and prot_to_real, see

Re: Loading boot image retrieved from CD-ROM

2007-06-23 Thread Alex Roman
On 24/06/07, Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Maybe the image overwrites code in statrt.S after it's copied to 0x7c00. To verify, you can print the address of function like grub_eltorito_boot, grub_gate_a20 and prot_to_real, see if they're within range of 0x7c00 to 0x7c00 + image length. I don't

Re: Loading boot image retrieved from CD-ROM

2007-06-23 Thread Alex Roman
On 24/06/07, Alex Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: FUNCTION(grub_eltorito_boot) /* set up to pass boot drive */ popl%edx /* address in %ebx */ popl%ebx /* count in %ecx */ popl%ecx Oops.. these got a bit inverted, should pop in the order ecx, edx, e

Re: Loading boot image retrieved from CD-ROM

2007-06-23 Thread Bean
On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 12:31:14AM -0400, Alex Roman wrote: > Hello, > > As you may recall, I'm working on the Google Summer of Code project to > enable GRUB2 to boot off CDs. > > I can now read boot images from CDs using int 13h BIOS calls :) And > I've confirmed I'm actually reading the ISOLINU

Loading boot image retrieved from CD-ROM

2007-06-23 Thread Alex Roman
Hello, As you may recall, I'm working on the Google Summer of Code project to enable GRUB2 to boot off CDs. I can now read boot images from CDs using int 13h BIOS calls :) And I've confirmed I'm actually reading the ISOLINUX image because I can perform some manual disassembly and it matches what

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Bean
Some bugs I found on scripting. 1. token parser echo aa"bb" aabb (correct) echo aa"bb"cc aabb (cc is lost) echo aa$prefix aa (hd0,1)/boot/grub (should be one token) echo $prefix/grub.cfg (hd0,1)/boot/grub /grub.cfg (should be one token) The problem here is that when a variable is mixed with t

Re: update-grub on LVM

2007-06-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 01:05:13PM +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > At Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:10:11 +0200, > Robert Millan wrote: > > This seems a bit strange: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo grub-probe -t drive / > > (orthanc-root) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep " / " /proc/mounts > > rootfs / rootfs

Re: Fwd: Bug#429695: grub-efi: key combinations requiring ctrl do not work

2007-06-23 Thread Yoshinori K. Okuji
On Wednesday 20 June 2007 15:02, Robert Millan wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:39:37PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > Package: grub-efi > > Version: 1.95+20070604-1 > > > > > > Hi, > > > > This is a reminder of the bug that upstream also acknowledges, but I > > think it needs to be noted down

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Yoshinori K. Okuji
On Saturday 23 June 2007 18:38, Marco Gerards wrote: > Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 06:10:10PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > >> The best thing, according to most people working on GRUB (from what I > >> can tell) is a bug tracking system combined with something that

Re: serial module

2007-06-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 05:13:35PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:32:47PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > >> > >> You forgot a changelog entry :-/ > > > > How about.. > > > > * conf/i386-pc.rmk: (pkgdata_MODULES): Add ser

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Marco Gerards
Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 06:10:10PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: >> The best thing, according to most people working on GRUB (from what I >> can tell) is a bug tracking system combined with something that tracks >> tasks, what people are interested on, descriptions

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Bean
On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 06:10:10PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > The best thing, according to most people working on GRUB (from what I > can tell) is a bug tracking system combined with something that tracks > tasks, what people are interested on, descriptions of how tasks should > be performed, et

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Marco Gerards
Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 04:52:34PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: >> Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:57:30PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: >> >> Something I think is important for GRUB 2 is regression testing. So >> >> we can make

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Bean
On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 04:52:34PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:57:30PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > >> Something I think is important for GRUB 2 is regression testing. So > >> we can make sure things like scripting works, filesy

Re: serial module

2007-06-23 Thread Marco Gerards
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:32:47PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: >> >> You forgot a changelog entry :-/ > > How about.. > > * conf/i386-pc.rmk: (pkgdata_MODULES): Add serial.mod. Good, except for the first ":". [...] >> The same is true for cpuid

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Marco Gerards
Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:57:30PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: >> Something I think is important for GRUB 2 is regression testing. So >> we can make sure things like scripting works, filesystems work >> correctly, etc. > > I can't agree more. I think major bug s

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Marco Gerards
Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:57:30PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: >> Something I think is important for GRUB 2 is regression testing. So >> we can make sure things like scripting works, filesystems work >> correctly, etc. > > I can't agree more. I think major bug s

Re: serial module

2007-06-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:32:47PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > > You forgot a changelog entry :-/ How about.. * conf/i386-pc.rmk: (pkgdata_MODULES): Add serial.mod. > > diff -ur grub2-1.95+20070621.old/conf/i386-pc.rmk > > grub2-1.95+20070621/conf/i386-pc.rmk > > --- grub2-1.95+20070

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Bean
On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:57:30PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > Something I think is important for GRUB 2 is regression testing. So > we can make sure things like scripting works, filesystems work > correctly, etc. I can't agree more. I think major bug should be fixed as soon as possible, otherw

Re: status update for grub 2 developments?

2007-06-23 Thread Marco Gerards
Vesa Jääskeläinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Vesa, > I think it would be wise to keep some kind of status updates from time > to time so we can keep track on what people are doing (related to grub > 2). If we continue with current situation we are long in 2010's before > we have next release.

Re: serial module

2007-06-23 Thread Marco Gerards
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > Any reason why the serial module is not enabled in i386-pc builds? (see > diff below) You forgot a changelog entry :-/ > diff -ur grub2-1.95+20070621.old/conf/i386-pc.rmk > grub2-1.95+20070621/conf/i386-pc.rmk > --- grub2-1.95+20070621.old/con

serial module

2007-06-23 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, Any reason why the serial module is not enabled in i386-pc builds? (see diff below) -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. diff -ur grub2-1.95+20070621.old/conf/i386-p

Re: update-grub on LVM

2007-06-23 Thread Jeroen Dekkers
At Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:10:11 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > This seems a bit strange: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo grub-probe -t drive / > (orthanc-root) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep " / " /proc/mounts > rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 > /dev/mapper/orthanc-root / ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 > > Is it the int

Re: GRUB2 configuration problem

2007-06-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:10:15PM -0500, Christopher Barry wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I just NetInstalled Debian Lenny, and had to try grub2. I used LVM when > partitioning, and when it rebooted, the menu came up blank. It's a known problem (see the mail I just sent about update-grub and LV

update-grub on LVM

2007-06-23 Thread Robert Millan
This seems a bit strange: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo grub-probe -t drive / (orthanc-root) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep " / " /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/mapper/orthanc-root / ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 Is it the intended? It (partly) breaks update-grub. Makes it think that / is accessib