Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-16 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:51:43PM +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > At Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:31:04 +0200, > Stefan Reinauer wrote: > > > > * Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 16:51]: > > > * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first > > > partition of "hd0" is now "

Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-15 Thread Jeroen Dekkers
At Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:31:04 +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > > * Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 16:51]: > > * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first > > partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0". > > Hm. What's the reason for being inconsistent h

Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-15 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Dennis Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 17:35]: > > * Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 16:51]: > >> * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first > >> partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0". > > > > Hm. What's the reason for being inconsistent here?

Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-15 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Dennis Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 17:41]: > > It was already discussed plenty of times and the answer is that with > > BIOS it's impossible to guess the linux's names, so it would just > > confuse the users > > Or it may be Solaris or OS/2 Warp or some OS not yet released. I enjoy the a

Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-15 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Vladimir Serbinenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 17:36]: > >Hm. What's the reason for being inconsistent here? > > > >If changing the partition naming scheme, I would have thought it'd > >become hd1,1. But why is the first disk 0 and the first partition 1? > > > >Using Linux style names might make

Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-15 Thread Dennis Clarke
> Stefan Reinauer wrote: > >>* Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 16:51]: >> >> >>>* Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first >>> partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0". >>> >>> >> >>Hm. What's the reason for being inconsistent here? >> >>If changing t

Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-15 Thread Vladimir Serbinenko
Stefan Reinauer wrote: * Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 16:51]: * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0". Hm. What's the reason for being inconsistent here? If changing the partition naming sch

Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-15 Thread Dennis Clarke
> * Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 16:51]: >> * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first >> partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0". > > Hm. What's the reason for being inconsistent here? > > If changing the partition naming scheme, I would have th

Re: GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-15 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061015 16:51]: > * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first > partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0". Hm. What's the reason for being inconsistent here? If changing the partition naming scheme, I would have thought it'd

GRUB 1.95 is released

2006-10-15 Thread Yoshinori K. Okuji
I'm happy to announce the release of GRUB 1.95. This is the sixth of our prereleases leading up to GRUB 2.0. We encourage you to try it, as we have done a significant amount of work towards GRUB 2. Note that this release is mainly for developers who are willing to contribute to our project. If yo