On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:25:33 -0500
Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> I have finally found time to try to put GRUB-1.99 in the book. Building
> the package is not an issue, but creating a backup is:
>
> /usr/bin/grub-mkrescue: line 310: xorriso: command not found
>
> The package is at http://scdbackup.sour
Andrew Benton wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:25:33 -0500
> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
>> I have finally found time to try to put GRUB-1.99 in the book. Building
>> the package is not an issue, but creating a backup is:
>>
>> /usr/bin/grub-mkrescue: line 310: xorriso: command not found
>>
>> The pack
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Do we add yet another package to LFS or skip the section on backups in
> Section 8.4?
We should add Xorriso, but only to BLFS (under CD/DVD Writing Tools),
and make a link on the backup page to that package. One other change
we should make: Mak
Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Another solution may be to do:
>
>cd /dev
>ln -sv root
>
> before running a program that needs grub-probe.
Ew! :-)
/dev/root is *never* a real device, and anything that requires it to be
is broken by design. There were several long arguments about this on
linux-h
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:42:26 -0500
Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> I have a current SVN version on x86_64 for test.
>
> See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2011-06/msg00010.html
>
> I'll try out the patch, but it will be a few days.
>
> Another solution may be to do:
>
>cd /dev
>ln
