Re: grub2 efi patches

2007-11-03 Thread Alexandre Boeglin
Le Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 01:04:24AM +0100, Alexandre Boeglin a écrit : > Sorry, there was a mistake in the previous one ... Oops, and line 91 of this one should be +loaded_image->load_options_size = options_len + sizeof (*options); instead of +loaded_image->load_options_size = options_le

Re: grub2 efi patches

2007-11-03 Thread Alexandre Boeglin
On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 00:06:31 +0100, Alexandre Boeglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > grub2_efi_chainloader_options.patch adds support for efi chainload > options, > it is not really beautiful (for instance, the ascii to utf16 conversion), > but it works for the MacOSX loader, Sorry, there was a mista

grub2 efi patches

2007-11-03 Thread Alexandre Boeglin
Hello, Here are a few patches for grub2, against cvs head: grub2_arg_doubledash.patch fixes a bug in the handling of the '--' argument, grub2_efi_chainloader_options.patch adds support for efi chainload options, it is not really beautiful (for instance, the ascii to utf16 conversion), but it wor

Outline menu

2007-11-03 Thread Markus Elfring
Hello, I suggest to add the capability to present the menu as an outline. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline#Sample_alphanumeric_outline Example boot menu: A) Windows: - XP - Vista B) Linux: - Knoppix - Debian * Etch - Red Hat * Fedora - openSUSE * 10.2 release * 10.3 debug - Ubuntu

Looking for a good starting point to DEV.

2007-11-03 Thread CurlyCoconutTree
I haven't found much documentation on GRUB. I'm trying to create a stand alone app that parses serial data for a password (stored on the MBR) that when validated allows the user to continue on to boot an OS. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Looking-for-a-good-starting-poin

How do I boot a standalone program in grub (a password checker via serial input) before allowing grub to continue booting?

2007-11-03 Thread CurlyCoconutTree
How do I boot a standalone program in grub (1.95) (a password checker via serial input) before allowing grub to continue booting? I'm trying to develop a program that will run, stand alone or with the libraries Grub gives me access to, parse serial data for a password, store the password to the M