Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread walt
Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: Hello. I've just tried to install grub1 on an USB-stick in order to boot from it, but it continues to fail: I installed grub to a USB stick for the purpose of using it as an emergency boot drive so I can use it to reinstall grub from the USB stick onto a hard d

Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:12:16PM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 12:01 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > If you're not sure, why don't you try it? > ;) anyway... there's still the missing password protection :-P > When will this be added to grub2? I don't know. What

Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Marco Gerards
Christoph Anton Mitterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 12:01 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: >> If you're not sure, why don't you try it? > ;) anyway... there's still the missing password protection :-P > When will this be added to grub2? Soon. -- Marco _

Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 12:01 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > If you're not sure, why don't you try it? ;) anyway... there's still the missing password protection :-P When will this be added to grub2? Chris. ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org

Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Marco Gerards
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:51:25AM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: >> Christoph Anton Mitterer >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Hi, >> >> [...] >> >> > Note, that switching to grub2 is not really an option for me,... on >> > reason are still missing f

Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:01:52AM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Is there anybody who has made some experiences with GRUB2 on Debian > (sid)? > There is a package, but I'm not sure whether it already integrates very > well into the Debian stuff (like kernel packages and so on) If you're

Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:51:25AM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: > Christoph Anton Mitterer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > [...] > > > Note, that switching to grub2 is not really an option for me,... on > > reason are still missing features in grub2 like password protection. > > This l

Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Marco Gerards
Christoph Anton Mitterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:51 +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: >> This list is about the development of GRUB 2. Better send an email to >> bug-grub. > Uhm,.. ok,.. then another question. > Is GRUB2 already considered to be stable, an when will we ge

Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:51 +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: > This list is about the development of GRUB 2. Better send an email to > bug-grub. Uhm,.. ok,.. then another question. Is GRUB2 already considered to be stable, an when will we get the missing features (like the password keyword, and manpage

Re: GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Marco Gerards
Christoph Anton Mitterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, [...] > Note, that switching to grub2 is not really an option for me,... on > reason are still missing features in grub2 like password protection. This list is about the development of GRUB 2. Better send an email to bug-grub. > btw: Pl

GRUB1 on USB-Stick

2008-01-31 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Hello. I've just tried to install grub1 on an USB-stick in order to boot from it, but it continues to fail: Following situation: -BIOS is definitely able to boot from USB -the system has one harddisk /dev/sda -USB-stick has one partition /dev/sdb1, type 0x83, filesystem ext3 -Debian sid => grub 0