Re: VBE info request bit per Multiboot Specification 1

2009-08-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 04:49:57PM -0700, Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: > > >> On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:19PM -0400, Francis Shim wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> In the Multiboot specifications (version 1), there is a flag that >>> the OS Image can set to request that the boot loader provide VBE >>> informa

Re: VBE info request bit per Multiboot Specification 1

2009-08-05 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: >   > >> On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:19PM -0400, Francis Shim wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> In the Multiboot specifications (version 1), there is a flag that >>> the OS Image can set to request that the boot loader provide VBE >>> information t

Re: VBE info request bit per Multiboot Specification 1

2009-08-04 Thread Francis Shim
On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 22:35 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:19PM -0400, Francis Shim wrote: > > In the Multiboot specifications (version 1), there is a flag that the OS > > Image can set to request that the boot loader provide VBE information to > > the OS kernel upon bo

Re: VBE info request bit per Multiboot Specification 1

2009-08-04 Thread Jan Setje-Eilers
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:19PM -0400, Francis Shim wrote: Hi, In the Multiboot specifications (version 1), there is a flag that the OS Image can set to request that the boot loader provide VBE information to the OS kernel upon boot up via the Multiboot Information structure. Legacy GRUB

Re: VBE info request bit per Multiboot Specification 1

2009-08-04 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:19PM -0400, Francis Shim wrote: > Hi, > > In the Multiboot specifications (version 1), there is a flag that the OS > Image can set to request that the boot loader provide VBE information to > the OS kernel upon boot up via the Multiboot Information structure. > Legacy

VBE info request bit per Multiboot Specification 1

2009-08-04 Thread Francis Shim
Hi, In the Multiboot specifications (version 1), there is a flag that the OS Image can set to request that the boot loader provide VBE information to the OS kernel upon boot up via the Multiboot Information structure. Legacy GRUB (GRUB1) deos not support this feature without a patch that is circul