[PATCH] menu.c clearer instructions

2008-12-26 Thread jidanni
diff -C 1 menuO*.c menu.c *** menuORIG.c 2008-12-27 02:42:57.0 +0800 --- menu.c 2008-12-27 02:53:49.0 +0800 *** *** 84,87 Minimum Emacs-like screen editing is supported. TAB lists\n\ ! available completions. Press C-x (\'x\' with Ctrl) to boot,\n

[semi-PATCH] grub.texi: emergency booting without root passwd

2008-12-26 Thread jidanni
Please add this somewhere you feel comfortable with in grub.texi. I looked, but cannot find the right place. Thank you. @Chapter Tips @node Forgot the root password One place when grub can come in very handy is when one forgot the root password, and hence cannot boot or even shutdown the system.

cmdline.c: ESC at any time exits: only mentioned once

2008-12-26 Thread jidanni
Gentlemen, there is a serious usability problem with cmdline.c. At the very start the user sees the message made by grub_printf ("\ [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB\n\ lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible\n\ device/fil

[PATCH] grub-install message should mention --recheck

2008-12-26 Thread jidanni
*** grub-installORIG.in 2008-12-27 02:43:09.0 +0800 --- grub-install.in 2008-12-27 04:06:02.0 +0800 *** *** 304,310 # Prompt the user to check if the device map is correct. ! echo "Installation finished. No error reported." ! echo "This is the contents of the

Re: [semi-PATCH] grub.texi: emergency booting without root passwd

2008-12-26 Thread Carles Pina i Estany
Hello, (I'm not Grub expert) On Dec/27/2008, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > Please add this somewhere you feel comfortable with in grub.texi. > > I looked, but cannot find the right place. > > Thank you. > > @Chapter Tips > @node Forgot the root password > One place when grub can come in very h

Re: [PATCH] menu.c clearer instructions

2008-12-26 Thread Carles Pina i Estany
Hello, Again: I'm not a Grub expert/mantainer, but I have been reading some emails here and I will wear the police hat for this email: On Dec/27/2008, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > diff -C 1 menuO*.c menu.c Could you send using diff unified format, with 3 lines of context? (default one) I think

Re: [PATCH] menu.c clearer instructions

2008-12-26 Thread jidanni
2008-12-27 jida...@jidanni.org * normal/menu.c: print clearer instructions on the screen --- menuORIG.c 2008-12-27 02:42:57.0 +0800 +++ menu.c 2008-12-27 02:53:49.0 +0800 @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ { grub_printf ("\n\ Minimum Emacs-like screen editing is su

Re: [PATCH] menu.c clearer instructions

2008-12-26 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 06:54 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > - available completions. Press C-x (\'x\' with Ctrl) to boot,\n\ > - C-c (\'c\' with Ctrl) for a command-line or ESC to return menu."); > + completions. C-x (\'x\' with Ctrl) to boot, C-c for command-line,\n\ > + or

Re: [PATCH] grub-install message should mention --recheck

2008-12-26 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 04:08 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > *** grub-installORIG.in 2008-12-27 02:43:09.0 +0800 > --- grub-install.in 2008-12-27 04:06:02.0 +0800 > *** > *** 304,310 > # Prompt the user to check if the device map is correct. > ! echo "I