Updating the The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO for Grub2

2010-04-19 Thread Lars Nooden
The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO could use a mention of grub2 even if only a pointer to documentation elsewhere: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/ /Lars ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gr

Re: Save boot record before writing to the dest_drive

2009-09-22 Thread Lars Nooden
James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > So, if one did a dd backup of the boot sector and the embedded area > before the first partition, is there a tool that can replace those > sectors but do it safely. E.g. Only replace the number of sectors that > fit before the first partition, and preserve the curren

Re: Save boot record before writing to the dest_drive

2009-09-22 Thread Lars Nooden
James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > I think this would be a good feature, because if nothing else, I > permits the user to "uninstall grub" if they so wish. I would disagree with the use case described, but agree that having the ability to roll back to the previous boot record could possibly be of valu

Re: About menu interface discussion...

2009-09-10 Thread Lars Nooden
Robert Millan wrote: > I'd just like to mention that this isn't really good timing for such > discussion ... keep in mind my lack of participation doesn't imply > implicit approval. +1 > When the time is right... When is the anticipated release of 1.97? ("When it's time" is an answer, too) If i

Re: PXEgrub development on grub2

2009-09-09 Thread Lars Nooden
Felix Zielcke wrote: > I don't know what pxegrub can do, but GRUB 2 has PXE support: > http://grub.enbug.org/PXEBOOT I think that's what I was looking for. I'll play with it. Thanks! Regards, -Lars ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org htt

PXEgrub development on grub2

2009-09-09 Thread Lars Nooden
I see that all new work is on Grub2. What timeline is there for bringing the pxegrub functionality forward to grub2 from legacy grub? Regards -Lars ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel