'search' is ignoring the -n flag

2011-01-28 Thread walt
Hi grub2 team. I'm having good results with the latest from the grub2 bzr repo, except that "search -n -l foo" always probes the floppy just before it returns with the correct device name. I've also tried using --no-floppy instead of -n but grub still probes the floppy drive anyway. Is anyone e

grub2 vga problem with [revno: 3054]

2011-01-28 Thread Jeff Chua
It seems after revno: 3504 is applied, booting linux with terminal_output gfxterm and background_image caused the screen to hang. Reverting the patch solves the problem. Thanks, Jeff revno: 3054 committer: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbi

Suggestion from a noob

2011-01-28 Thread hansbkk
Sorry if this has already been discussed here; I did search first. I've got some filers with a very large number of disks and partitions, and as you know the device numbers are pretty much random these days with modern kernels. GRUB adds to this issue, in that I've discovered it's hd# order is com

Re: Documentation bug?

2011-01-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 09:10:41PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > My understanding is that the correct procedure is described in section > 3.2 of the above manual: Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM. > > The first step specifies the following: > > | Copy the file stage2_eltorito: > | > | $ cp /usr/lib/

Re: Documentation bug?

2011-01-28 Thread Chris Jones
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:17:56PM EST, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 09:10:41PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > > My understanding is that the correct procedure is described in section > > 3.2 of the above manual: Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM. > > > > The first step specifies the fo

Re: grub2 vga problem with [revno: 3054]

2011-01-28 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 01/28/2011 05:35 PM, Jeff Chua wrote: > > It seems after revno: 3504 is applied, booting linux with > terminal_output gfxterm and background_image caused the screen to > hang. Reverting the patch solves the problem. > Have you tried gfxpayloadforcelfb=y ? > > Thanks, > Jeff > > -

Re: Suggestion from a noob

2011-01-28 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 01/28/2011 06:33 PM, hans...@gmail.com wrote: > But what scheme to use for the labels? My > answer - GRUB2's order, because it's relatively stable (BIOS order, > right?) It's nothing but. It depends on the factors like booted disk, enumeration order, disk latency and connected devices. It's also

Re: grub2 vga problem with [revno: 3054]

2011-01-28 Thread Jeff Chua
2011/1/29 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > On 01/28/2011 05:35 PM, Jeff Chua wrote: > > > > It seems after revno: 3504 is applied, booting linux with > > terminal_output gfxterm and background_image caused the screen to > > hang. Reverting the patch solves the problem. > > > Have you tried