I think it would be reasonable to allow grub-probe to work without arguments.
Any comments?
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On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 03:21:38PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote:
> > I've looked into this, but I need some advice. What's the simplest way to
> > obtain the corresponding grub_partition_t structure for a partition by
> > knowing
> > its drive name?
>
> You can use grub_partition_iterate. Or open
On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 03:39:07PM -0700, Dustin Harriman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use Ubuntu Linux 6.10, which comes with grub.
Please note that this list is targetted at development of GRUB 2, not GRUB
Legacy. If you really want to discuss about the old GRUB Legacy implementation,
bug-grub is the
> Ah yes, I forgot to mention we're planning a big migration :-). Here are
> the
> details:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/GrubTransition
>
> --
> Robert Millan
>
>CDROM support. Not really important since Debian isn't using GRUB for CD
>boot atm, but it might be an interesting option for lenny.
>
Hello,
In the x86 world there is another boot loader somewhat similar to grub
called "Smart Boot Manager":
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/about.html
Summary: "Smart Boot Manager (SBM) is an OS independent and
full-featured boot manager with an easy-to-use user interface. SBM
now supports booting f
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:39:58PM +0200, adrian15 wrote:
> >
> >CDROM support. Not really important since Debian isn't using GRUB for CD
> >boot atm, but it might be an interesting option for lenny.
> >
> >* 64-bit detection on x86: needed for multi-arch DVDs.
>
> In my opinnion Grub2 shoul
On Saturday 05 May 2007 01:29, Robert Millan wrote:
> It seems there are problems with accessing software RAID in devices with
> pathnames like /dev/md_d0p1
Is there any specification about device names on Linux? I have been seeing
Linux adding more and more new inconsistent device names for year
On Saturday 05 May 2007 12:21, Robert Millan wrote:
> As reported by Luca Capello in Debian BTS:
>
> The following grub.cfg menuentry has a syntax error. However, grub won't
> display an error message and let you continue. Instead, it will start an
> infin loop, rendering the machine unbootable:
On Saturday 05 May 2007 18:30, Robert Millan wrote:
> Is it possible to archieve a similar effect to what "color cyan/blue
> white/blue" does in grub legacy, but with grub2 gfxterm?
Theoretically, of course. I didn't implement it, simply because I didn't think
this was so important.
> This setup
On Saturday 05 May 2007 18:49, Robert Millan wrote:
> > You could implement a color command, which does the same as the color
> > command in GRUB Legacy. All terminals have support for the color
> > command. Although I am not really sure if it is completely compatible
> > with what you are used t
"adrian15" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Ah yes, I forgot to mention we're planning a big migration :-). Here are
>> the
>> details:
>>
>> http://wiki.debian.org/GrubTransition
>>
>> --
>> Robert Millan
>
>>
>>CDROM support. Not really important since Debian isn't using GRUB for CD
>>boot atm,
On Saturday 05 May 2007 19:33, Robert Millan wrote:
> update-grub needs grub-probe to run, which is only available in i386.
>
> In principle, this file should be portable. I made this patch (currently
> applied in debian) to enable it on powerpc as well. However, it seems to
> have runtime errors
On Monday 07 May 2007 10:21, Robert Millan wrote:
> I think it would be reasonable to allow grub-probe to work without
> arguments. Any comments?
Why do you think so? If you want to omit the argument, I think the Unix way is
to default to current dir.
Okuji
On Monday 07 May 2007 11:17, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 03:21:38PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote:
> > > I've looked into this, but I need some advice. What's the simplest way
> > > to obtain the corresponding grub_partition_t structure for a partition
> > > by knowing its drive na
On Monday 07 May 2007 21:04, Robert Millan wrote:
> Do you have an idea on how to build these floppy images? The instructions
> about concatenating boot.img with core.img don't work here.
Strange... it worked in the past, but doesn't now. There must be a bug.
Okuji
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:23:54PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> On Monday 07 May 2007 11:17, Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 03:21:38PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote:
> > > > I've looked into this, but I need some advice. What's the simplest way
> > > > to obtain the correspond
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:03:48PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> On Saturday 05 May 2007 01:29, Robert Millan wrote:
> > It seems there are problems with accessing software RAID in devices with
> > pathnames like /dev/md_d0p1
>
> Is there any specification about device names on Linux? I have
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:23:08PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> On Monday 07 May 2007 10:21, Robert Millan wrote:
> > I think it would be reasonable to allow grub-probe to work without
> > arguments. Any comments?
>
> Why do you think so?
Because it's commonly invoked while debugging. The
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:18:51PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> > > If having a color command means that GRUB 2 will be used more, I am
> > > willing to add such command. Okuji, do you object?
> >
> > Yes, I think so. But as said on IRC, I don't think the interface has to be
> > a color com
On Monday 07 May 2007 21:32, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> On Monday 07 May 2007 21:04, Robert Millan wrote:
> > Do you have an idea on how to build these floppy images? The
> > instructions about concatenating boot.img with core.img don't work here.
>
> Strange... it worked in the past, but doesn't
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