update-grub failing only reporting "exiting with value 1" when problems with /boot/grub/device.map

Hi, I had an update-grub fail only reporting "exiting with value 1". I eventually found the problem that /boot/grub/device.map was inaccurate, due to having to use different device names as I sometimes have usb drives plugged in when booting which can use the /dev/sda name like the SCSI disk.

[PATCH] Skip identical lines in hexdump

This skips identical lines in hexdump output, like 'od' or 'xxd -a' also do. Christian PS: I would suggest to change hexdump 'buf' parameter from 'char *' to 'const void *' to avoid unnecessary casts. 2009-01-30 Christian Franke * lib/hexdump.c (hexdump): Print at most 3 lines if

Re: [PATCH] Allow more than one line in option help text

Christian Franke wrote: This small patch allows '\n' in option help texts, for example: Patch simplified & committed. Christian ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel

Re: grub2 on MacBook4,1

Hi, I have the same results on different Apple Macs - hung after the refit boot screen "Starting grub.efi ". ( Stops in startup.S ) grub2 rev 1952 --with-platform=efi --target=x86_64 MacBook Pro 4,1 Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03 SMC Version: 1.28f1 GeForce 8600M GT Vendor: NV

grub2 on MacBook4,1

Hi, I tried grub2 rev 1962 on my MacBook4,1 Boot ROM Version:MB41.00C1.B00 SMC Version:1.31f0 I copied grub.efi mod files to grub folder in efi folder (I use refit 0.12) When I select start from grub.efi I'm unable to get grub prompt because it stop to "starting grub.efi" wi