Re: My personal repository

2009-10-25 Thread Bean
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Bean wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have switched from git to bzr, the repository is moved from github >> to launchpad: >> >> https://launchpad.net/burg >> >> > Hello.Would you consider using bzr.sv.gnu.org rather than launchpad for >

Re: [PATCH,HURD] Fix GNU/Hurd menu entry generation

2009-10-25 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Millan, le Mon 26 Oct 2009 02:48:48 +0100, a écrit : > > @@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ > > EOF > > prepare_grub_to_access_device ${GRUB_DEVICE} | sed -e "s/^/\t/" > > cat << EOF > > - multiboot ${kernel} root=device:${GRUB_DEVICE} > > + multiboot ${kernel} root=device:${mach_device} > > I think

Re: [PATCH,HURD] Fix GNU/Hurd menu entry generation

2009-10-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 02:40:01AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > + mach_device="`echo "${GRUB_DEVICE}" | tr -d '()' | tr , s`" > [...] > +mach_device="`echo "${GRUB_DEVICE}" | tr -d '()' | tr , s`" > > for i in /hurd/${hurd_fs}.static /hurd/exec ; do >if test -e "$i" ; then > @@ -73,7

[PATCH,HURD] Fix GNU/Hurd menu entry generation

2009-10-25 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, The patch below fixes menu entry generation for GNU/Hurd. Samuel 2009-20-26 Samuel Thibault * util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in: Add GNU/Hurd support * util/grub.d/10_hurd.in: Translate grub device name into mach device name. Index: util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in =

Re: [PATCH] ntldr support

2009-10-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:28:21AM +1100, Nando wrote: > > I've just checked the 0.97 release and find the ntldr patch is not > included. What version of grub2 was the original ntldr.diff patch > against?? Unfortunately it missed the time for 1.97 release, but we expect to include this with 1.98.

Re: Should the website still say that GRUB 2 is currently under development?

2009-10-25 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Sonntag, den 25.10.2009, 19:21 +0100 schrieb Felix Zielcke: > Am Montag, den 10.08.2009, 17:28 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan: > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 03:25:26PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > > Am Freitag, den 31.07.2009, 18:19 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan: > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:4

Re: [PATCH] ntldr support

2009-10-25 Thread Nando
> Agree. > > A 'ntldr' or 'chainloader --ntldr' command is not mandatory. But it is 'nice to have' because it allows to boot even if the boot > code (6 sectors) in the area > behind the PBR is not present for whatever reason. See my previsions mail with the test case. > > -- > Regards, > Christia

Re: My personal repository

2009-10-25 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Bean wrote: > Hi, > > I have switched from git to bzr, the repository is moved from github > to launchpad: > > https://launchpad.net/burg > > Hello.Would you consider using bzr.sv.gnu.org rather than launchpad for this? This would make collaboration easier. In fact I'm interested in merging your

My personal repository

2009-10-25 Thread Bean
Hi, I have switched from git to bzr, the repository is moved from github to launchpad: https://launchpad.net/burg -- Bean My repository: https://launchpad.net/burg ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: grub2 problems

2009-10-25 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Sonntag, den 25.10.2009, 20:27 + schrieb James Courtier-Dutton: > Hi, > > What is the dependancy of the grub boot loader and the grub.cfg file. > I had a perfectly working grub2 install. > I changed my grub.cfg file, assuming that grub would automatically use > the new one, but grub failed

grub2 problems

2009-10-25 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Hi, What is the dependancy of the grub boot loader and the grub.cfg file. I had a perfectly working grub2 install. I changed my grub.cfg file, assuming that grub would automatically use the new one, but grub failed to boot showing massed of errors in the grub.cfg file it saw. This was fixed by re-

GRUB 1.97 released

2009-10-25 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, I'm proud to announce the release of GNU GRUB version 1.97. GRUB, also known as the GRand Unified Bootloader, is a modular, portable bootloader that supports a number of platforms, including standard BIOS-based PCs, IEEE-1275 platforms (such as the OLPC and some PowerPC/Sparc64 hardware) and

Re: Should the website still say that GRUB 2 is currently under development?

2009-10-25 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Montag, den 10.08.2009, 17:28 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 03:25:26PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > Am Freitag, den 31.07.2009, 18:19 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan: > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:45:35AM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 15:05 +

Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

2009-10-25 Thread Stefan Bienert
> Then you should be able to add EFI display support quite easily during > the "make menuconfig" step A new improvement here! Besite EFI display stuff, now I have also CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA enabled. This gives me boot output on booting. but not on shuting down. So, now I have - graphical menu - termin

Re: powerpc/sparc problems

2009-10-25 Thread Bean
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:22 PM, rubisher wrote: > at least i didn't encountered anymore ofs panic but in grub rescue sheel > 'ls' just return an empty line; > I can just grab 'lsmod' info: > sh:grub> lsmod > Name    Ref Count       Dependencies > linux   1               boot,elf > elf     2    

Re: powerpc/sparc problems

2009-10-25 Thread rubisher
Bean wrote: On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:34 AM, rubisher wrote: [snip] As it seems that you have some experience with powerpc, may be can you advise me with some your tips (how did you build your image, a sample of one your menuentry?): I also tried to follow recipe of

Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (implementation)

2009-10-25 Thread Peter Cros
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Peter Cros wrote: > I can use grub-mkrescue to create an El Torito image and burn CD which > boots and can run menu. Is that what you mean, or is there a way to boot > direct from iso? > > Thanks > > Nevermind, multiboot /grub.img works, with some bugs in gfx for

Re: [PATCH] Support RAID on virtio devices, and others

2009-10-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:27:49AM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Not true. Even in current state grub-mkconfig is taking considerable > time to complete on my system with numerous kernels. Unless someone > implements a cache (it can be invalidated after 5 minutes) not to go > throug

Re: [PATCH] Support RAID on virtio devices, and others

2009-10-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:37:01AM +0100, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > We have a bug report in Debian[0] open that grub-probe is very slow due > to the use of ioctl(BLKFLSBUF) > A comment above it says this is needed due to a bug in the Linux kernel. > Is there a safe way to check if this is still nee

Re: [Announce] Initial GRUB2 on Yeeloong

2009-10-25 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Hello, I'm here to announce that grub2 port for yeeloong has already had > its first output. You can see it here: > http://robertmh.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/grub-yeeloong.jpeg (Thanks > to Robert Millan for hosting the image) > On the image you can see sta

Re: [PATCH] Support RAID on virtio devices, and others

2009-10-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:27:49AM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > GRUB only supports RAID on a relatively small number of device types, as > > implemented by grub_util_getdiskname. I received a bug report noting > > that this doesn't work for RAID arrays with

Re: [PATCH] Support RAID on virtio devices, and others

2009-10-25 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Sonntag, den 25.10.2009, 10:27 +0100 schrieb Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko: > > find_root_device in util/getroot.c seemed to be exactly what I > wanted: > > it just trawls /dev for the appropriate major and minor numbers. > This > > code is not performance-critical, so that should be fine. > No

Re: [PATCH] Support RAID on virtio devices, and others

2009-10-25 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Colin Watson wrote: > GRUB only supports RAID on a relatively small number of device types, as > implemented by grub_util_getdiskname. I received a bug report noting > that this doesn't work for RAID arrays with virtio block devices (often > used in kvm) as components. This is difficult to support