Re: GSoC: CD-ROM booting options

2007-06-07 Thread Alex Roman
That's what I plan on doing... I want to write a module that for now just allows me to test various int 13h calls, look at their return values and get a general idea of how things work. Thanks for the idea Vesa! Cheers! On 07/06/07, Vesa Jääskeläinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alex Roman wrot

Re: GSoC: CD-ROM booting options

2007-06-07 Thread Vesa Jääskeläinen
Alex Roman wrote: > On 05/06/07, adrian15 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> GRUB 2 needs to support both cases, but I prefer to see something not >> present in GRUB Legacy implemented in GRUB 2 first. > > Good point... In any case there's some commonality between the two > cases and for now I'm workin

Re: GSoC: CD-ROM booting options

2007-06-07 Thread Alex Roman
On 05/06/07, adrian15 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: GRUB 2 needs to support both cases, but I prefer to see something not present in GRUB Legacy implemented in GRUB 2 first. Good point... In any case there's some commonality between the two cases and for now I'm working to see if I can read some E

Re: GSoC: CD-ROM booting options

2007-06-05 Thread adrian15
Do we want to be able to boot the computer from GRUB2 installed on a medium (whatever it may be), then be able to boot from a CD (in whatever mode - emulation or no emulation)? Do we also want to be able to boot the computer through the BIOS from a CD on which GRUB2 was installed and continue bo

Re: GSoC: CD-ROM booting options

2007-06-04 Thread Alex Roman
On 04/06/07, Jeroen Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:10:53 +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > > "Alex Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Personally, I think both are important to support, but I want to see > > what the majority of developers and users think we should sup

Re: GSoC: CD-ROM booting options

2007-06-04 Thread Jeroen Dekkers
At Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:10:53 +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > > "Alex Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Personally, I think both are important to support, but I want to see > > what the majority of developers and users think we should support. > > Just focus on one thing first. I think boot

Re: GSoC: CD-ROM booting options

2007-06-04 Thread Marco Gerards
"Alex Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Alex, [...] > Do we want to be able to boot the computer from GRUB2 installed on a > medium (whatever it may be), then be able to boot from a CD (in > whatever mode - emulation or no emulation)? Yes. > Do we also want to be able to boot the computer