Re: grub-setup: error: Non-sector-aligned data is found in the core file

2007-11-08 Thread UrJiZ
On 11/7/07, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For building a floppy use grub-mkrescue instead. > Used ./grub-mkrescue, but it: a) seems not to create a filesystem on the disk image (how can i put grub.cfg on the disk?) b) creates 1440k floppy images by default c) In the wiki method, ther

Re: LinuxBIOS port in the wiki

2007-11-08 Thread Marco Gerards
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Robert, > I've added a page in the GRUB wiki for tracking the status of the LinuxBIOS > port: > > http://grub.enbug.org/LinuxBIOS Thanks a lot for doing this. Can you update the TODO list when we finished the current work on this port? While I did

Re: Outline menu

2007-11-08 Thread Vesa Jääskeläinen
Markus Elfring wrote: >> Menu commands can have children already so you would get hierarchy >> information from there. Shortcut key you could just add as extra >> argument for menu, like --hotkey="1" > > Will an explanation of the data format be added to the wiki? I assume someone will at some po

Re: menu attributes

2007-11-08 Thread Markus Elfring
> Depending what you mean by attribute set. - short/long title - identifier - description - parameters - boot image - optional ramdisk/initramfs - colour - language > In case you mean cloning menu hierarchy under other name, then > that is not planned (and I do not even see a need for it). I'd

Re: Improvements for menu display

2007-11-08 Thread Markus Elfring
>> How is the state of the GRUB 2 menu browser at the moment? > There is old text menu, and that will be replaced with the new design > when its development starts. Are full-featured forms player applicable in a boot environment? http://grub.enbug.org/FancyMenu Would it work to reuse existing sta

Re: menu attributes

2007-11-08 Thread Vesa Jääskeläinen
Markus Elfring wrote: >> Depending what you mean by attribute set. > > - short/long title > - identifier > - description > - parameters > - boot image > - optional ramdisk/initramfs > - colour > - language Some of those are provided already by grub commands through use of scripting language. See

Re: [PATCH] fix serial console on LinuxBIOS

2007-11-08 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 08:02:28PM -0600, Jerone Young wrote: > Does Linux bios only allow for two serial ports? I think the PC/AT architecture is limited to 2 serial ports. Anyway, LinuxBIOS does nothing to "allow" their use; it just initialises some hardware and hands out control to GRUB in a n

Re: grub-setup: error: Non-sector-aligned data is found in the core file

2007-11-08 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 02:36:28PM +0200, UrJiZ wrote: > On 11/7/07, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For building a floppy use grub-mkrescue instead. > > > > Used ./grub-mkrescue, but it: > a) seems not to create a filesystem on the disk image (how can i put > grub.cfg on the disk?

Re: LinuxBIOS port in the wiki

2007-11-08 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 03:26:41PM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: > Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi Robert, > > > I've added a page in the GRUB wiki for tracking the status of the LinuxBIOS > > port: > > > > http://grub.enbug.org/LinuxBIOS > > Thanks a lot for doing this. Can yo