Bean - Once again, thanks!

2009-06-10 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello Many of you may not of known this, but Bean has written a patch for GRUB2 which enables support for FreeBSD 64-bit. Once again, excellent work Bean, thanks. Also honorary thanks goes to phcoder, for adding trampoline and other needed compatibility-type objects. I'll be leaving this list n

Re: [REQUEST]: GRUB2 - As replacement for the Windows BootLoader

2009-05-16 Thread Chip Panarchy
Thanks Joey, finally got around to testing it. Getting; Error 1 "Bad filename (must be absolute pathname or blocklist)" Any other ideas? Thanks in advance, Panarchy On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Chip Panarchy wrote: > Thanks > > Tomorrow, when I boot into Linux, I

Re: [REQUEST]: GRUB2 - As replacement for the Windows BootLoader

2009-05-15 Thread Chip Panarchy
'd like to give, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance, Panarchy On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Joey Korkames wrote: > Chip Panarchy writes: > >> If not, can we please work on a [PATCH] for GRUB2 to add support for >> the Windows kernel? > > Does this work? &g

Re: Xserve specs

2009-05-14 Thread Chip Panarchy
Indeed I have... Sorry guys, back on topic now. On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Drew Rosen wrote: > > I think you've been swindled by Apple's marketing prowess... > > > > > On May 14, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Chip Panarchy wrote: > >> That's it? >

Re: Xserve specs

2009-05-14 Thread Chip Panarchy
That's it? I though that the Xserve's were meant to be really powerful... On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Drew Rosen wrote: > > Hi Guys. > Here's our machines... Let us know if you have any more recommendations... > THANK U. > > > Hardware Overview: >   Model Name: Xserve >   Model Identifier:

Re: How to boot a USB drive from a CD ?

2009-05-14 Thread Chip Panarchy
Seems to be what you want; http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/843532.html On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Serge Noiraud wrote: > Hi, > > My problem is exactly like below : > > I plug a usb device on a bootable usb machine. > The BIOS see 4 disks on the usb drive ( LUNs ) >

[REQUEST]: GRUB2 - As replacement for the Windows BootLoader

2009-05-10 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello I'm sure this has been asked before. Any chance of using GRUB2 as a replacement for the Windows BootLoader? Or can Grub4DOS already completely replace the windows bootloadeR? If not, can we please work on a [PATCH] for GRUB2 to add support for the Windows kernel? Thanks in advance, Pana

Re: truecrypt support in grub ?

2009-05-04 Thread Chip Panarchy
nce all my OSs are working together) On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 10:47:00AM +1000, Chip Panarchy wrote: >> ^Ah. >> >> What would you suggest instead, for a free full-drive encryption? > > LUKS > > -- > Robert Millan

Re: REQUEST: Tutorial on how to add a patch to GRUB2

2009-05-03 Thread Chip Panarchy
Well, I didn't know that command. Thanks, you've just given me an accurate tutorial! On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 03.05.2009, 12:29 +1000 schrieb Chip Panarchy: >> Hello >> >> Can someone please provide me with a tutorial

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-05-03 Thread Chip Panarchy
Beautiful! Thanks a heap for all your help phcoder & Bean! (& Joey for working out some bugs) Thanks once again guys, Chip D. Panarchy On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Added code for mmap services and commited > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Bean wro

REQUEST: Tutorial on how to add a patch to GRUB2

2009-05-02 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello Can someone please provide me with a tutorial on how to add a patch to GRUB2? Thanks in advance, Panarchy PS: The patch I want to add is the 64-bit FreeBSD one. ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listin

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-05-02 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello After 10-days, do you think it's read to be committed now? Thanks On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Chip Panarchy wrote: > > Hi > > Thanks > > Great, I'll be waiting till it's committed! > > WOOT > > Panarchy > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 a

Re: truecrypt support in grub ?

2009-05-02 Thread Chip Panarchy
^Ah. What would you suggest instead, for a free full-drive encryption? On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 06:58:54PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > GRUB2 is a robust boot loader. Is it possible to have truecrypt > encryption support d

Re: zfs preview

2009-04-26 Thread Chip Panarchy
Ah, okay. Becoming a little clearer now. Well anyways, really interested in seeing this ZFS package implemented, so let's get back-on-topic!!! Panarchy On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 3:17 AM, David Miller wrote: >> >> From: J

Re: zfs preview

2009-04-26 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hahahaha, no wonder I'm confused! On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:17 AM, David Miller wrote: > From: Jordi Mallach > Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:58:47 +0200 > >> He surely will, yes... if you take into account that phcoder /is/ Vladimir. > > This reminds me that I've had some serious trouble > finding

Re: zfs preview

2009-04-25 Thread Chip Panarchy
Excellent, thanks. Haven't had a chance to test it yet, but I'm sure phcoder will be interested! He told me he's been making his own port, so maybe he can fix this one up instead! Good Luck Panarchy On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 2:14 AM, Vladimir Serbinenko wrote: > hello, here is initial port of z

Re: Grub2 SVN on 64bit Xserve 2,1

2009-04-23 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello I don't know much about this. However, you're compiling it on a 64-bit kernel, right? The limitation you are talking about is the 32-bit 2 64-bit limitation. 32-bit only supports up to 3.25GB of RAM. Have you tried compiling it on 32-bit os? That may (for some reason) fix the problem. Gi

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-04-22 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hi Thanks Great, I'll be waiting till it's committed! WOOT Panarchy On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Vladimir Serbinenko wrote: > Hello, here is the version with changelog, fix for freebsd_module and > licencing corrections. > If nobody objects I'll commit it soon > Enjoy > > > On Sun, Apr 12

Booting to .iso? - Possible with GRUB4DOS - Please add this support to GRUB2

2009-04-20 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello Please add support for booting to a .iso into GRUB2. More info: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5041 Thanks in advance, Panarchy ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-deve

Re: truecrypt support in grub ?

2009-04-15 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello If this is possible (and there isn't already an implementation of it) then I would also like this feature! :D Good suggestion! :P Panarchy On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM, J. Bakshi wrote: > Hello list, > > GRUB2 is a robust boot loader. Is it possible to have truecrypt encryption >

Re: [PATCH] remove BSD partition number from install_drive/grub_drive in grub-install

2009-04-15 Thread Chip Panarchy
tobuilder to be set-up and just > download its results (from wherever they will be announced). > > GRUB2 is not making frequent stable releases yet. > > -joey > > Chip Panarchy writes: > >> Awesome. >> >> BTW: How do these update to GRUB2 work, I mean to th

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-04-14 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hi Great news! Thanks for your reply! Can't wait for PHcoder to finish his work! Panarchy On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Joey Korkames wrote: >> What's the advantage of booting with an mfsroot? > > You can make a minimal fbsd system in the mfsroot that is smart enough to > "init_chroot" fro

Re: [PATCH] remove BSD partition number from install_drive/grub_drive in grub-install

2009-04-14 Thread Chip Panarchy
Awesome. BTW: How do these update to GRUB2 work, I mean to the patches, once proven automatically get integrated into GRUB2 (and released to the official website)? On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Samstag, den 11.04.2009, 23:52 +0200 schrieb Felix Zielcke: >> Hi, >> >>

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-04-14 Thread Chip Panarchy
What's the advantage of booting with an mfsroot? Also, will it be advantageous to me? (FreeBSD installations contained within a UFS, UFS2 &/or ZFS logical partition) On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Joey Korkames wrote: > That did the trick - amd64 boots with a mfsroot now. thanks! > > -joey >

Re: [PATCH] remove BSD partition number from install_drive/grub_drive in grub-install

2009-04-13 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello Great, looking forward to its completion. Panarchy On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:08 PM, phcoder wrote: > Hello, I'm sorry if my responses have been a bit rude too. > Chip Panarchy wrote: >> >> You're right. >> >> Once I have all my operating syste

Re: [PATCH]: grub: Add Sun partition support to grub-probe and grub-fstest.

2009-04-13 Thread Chip Panarchy
3.04.2009, 17:40 +1000 schrieb Chip Panarchy: >> Hello >> >> When you mention 'Sun Partition' what file-system are you specifying? >> >> ZFS? >> UFS? >> > > He surely meant Sun partition table format and not a filesystem. Grub2 > doestn&#

Re: [PATCH]: grub: Add Sun partition support to grub-probe and grub-fstest.

2009-04-13 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello When you mention 'Sun Partition' what file-system are you specifying? ZFS? UFS? On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:53 PM, David Miller wrote: > > Should be self-explanatory, these tools will be used on sparc64 just > like they are on i386-pc > > 2009-04-12  David S. Miller   > >        * conf/comm

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-04-12 Thread Chip Panarchy
r 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Bean wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Chip Panarchy > wrote: >> Hello >> >> Sorry, I forgot to thank PHcoder. >> >> Thank you also PHcoder, with Bean's patch, and your >> enchancements/patch-of-patch, I should be able

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-04-12 Thread Chip Panarchy
ad of the FreeBSD BootLoader. So much thanks to both PHcoder and Bean! You have greatly helped me (and others), this will help me so much!!! Thanks once again, Panarchy On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Chip Panarchy wrote: > +1 > > Beautiful! > > Thanks a heap Bean... > >

Re: [PATCH] remove BSD partition number from install_drive/grub_drive in grub-install

2009-04-12 Thread Chip Panarchy
Not > only it doesn't help to promote your suggestion but is also annoying. I feel > it is actually unnice how you push your suggestions hardly without offering > any help in developement > Chip Panarchy wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Ah, interesting. >> &g

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-04-12 Thread Chip Panarchy
+1 Beautiful! Thanks a heap Bean... Haven't tried it yet, but will! Exactly what I've been requested, thanks once again! Panarchy On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:27 AM, phcoder wrote: > Bean kindly allowed me to mess with this patch. So here comes an improved > version. I moved helpers out of the

Re: [PATCH] remove BSD partition number from install_drive/grub_drive in grub-install

2009-04-12 Thread Chip Panarchy
can you please give a go implementing the above feature(s)? Thanks in advance, Panarchy On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 12.04.2009, 09:45 +1000 schrieb Chip Panarchy: >> Which BSD? >> > > Debian GNU

Re: [PATCH] remove BSD partition number from install_drive/grub_drive in grub-install

2009-04-11 Thread Chip Panarchy
Which BSD? On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Hi, > > on BSD grub-install thinks that you're wanting to do a cross-install > when in fact you won't. > The problem is that in install_drive the BSD partition number isn't > removed before doing the cross-install check. > I'm not

Re: GRUB2 - Please add support for 64-bit FreeBSD

2009-04-11 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello Okay, well I'm not really that well versed to understand what you are saying. However, I'd be eternally grateful if you were able to 'port' 32-bit FreeBSD for GRUB to 64-bit FreeBSD (for GRUB). Thanks in advance, Panarchy On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 9:50 PM, phcoder wrote: > I haven't looke

Re: GRUB2 - Please add support for 64-bit FreeBSD

2009-04-11 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello Great, I can't wait! Please give it a go (that is, modifying the 32-bit GRUB2 module for FreeBSD to support 64-bit as well... or creating a separate module based on that) Thanks in advance, Panarchy On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Bean wrote: > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Daniel N

Re: GRUB2 - Please add support for 64-bit FreeBSD

2009-04-09 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello Thanks everyone for your replies. I know for a fact that FreeBSD 32-bit can work with GRUB2 (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3194&page=2). I have asked Djn (I'd created a topic asking how to install FreeBSD onto Logical Partitions, and he had worked out how to do so... with 32-b

GRUB2 - Please add support for 64-bit FreeBSD

2009-04-07 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello I've been working out, with Djn (another member of the forum) how to install, then subsequently boot to Logical Partitions running FreeBSD. http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3194&page=2 He has so far worked out that he can add FreeBSD 32-bit to the GRUB menu, but he can't seem to