Re: PATCH (updated): 'lilo -R' functionality

2002-03-07 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
the `restore it' process runs, then you'll get an infinite loop. With `-R', you'll only get an infinite loop if the system reboots before GRUB's internal `restore it' code runs, which is much less likely. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom

Re: I need grub 0.5.95 sources to fix grub 0.91

2002-02-13 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
That should do it. Good luck, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: help doesn't list all any longer

2002-02-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
of a different key? Having such a more-like handling, I would prefer a single coloumn of commands. The space for the short description is too small and is sometimes cut by the following command. I agree. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom

Re: Major bug with GRUB(8)

2002-02-05 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
of Unix. GNU's Not Unix. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug

Re: help doesn't list all any longer

2002-02-04 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
like: Only common commands are shown. Type TABTAB to get a full list. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL

[Paul Hampson hampson@itel.gr] Please help

2002-01-25 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
for grub. With thanks Paul Hampson ---End Message--- -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/)

Re: [Bug-grub] GRUB fails where loadlin works

2002-01-24 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
needs, but I like to understand why I can't get GRUB to play along. AFAIK, `initrd=' doesn't mean anything to Grub's `kernel' command, nor does `disksize=' mean anything to its `initrd' command. I hope this helps, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed

Re: BUG: GNU takeover.

2001-12-02 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
on the matter is Erich Boleyn, GRUB's original author. He may or may not reply to this thread. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub

Re: providing iso images

2001-11-28 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
do this, and hopefully make a patch against util/grub-image.in? Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL

Re: Gnu Grub Manual

2001-11-20 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
that in the future. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Re: Grub compatible images - stupid questions

2001-11-19 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
format, *BSD, and chainloading). Good luck, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org

Re: [Laurent.Bonnaud@inpg.fr: Bug#111315: grub: problem with DAC960, kernel 2.4 and initrd]

2001-11-14 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
brw-rw1 root disk 48, 7 May 5 2000 /dev/rd/c0d0p7 ``48, 1'' is 0x3001, not 0x4801. Maybe try that, but I can't say that I know what your problem is. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU

Re: The big bug is grub

2001-11-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Alan Knell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's a great program. Thanks a lot and congratulations to all involved. But who called it grub...? yuk! Ahh, but grubs are oh-so-tasty. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I

Re: [Bug-grub] Upgrade to automake-1.5

2001-10-14 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
with an older version of Autoconf (in my case, Autoconf 2.13). So, the following change should make it work for you: 2001-10-14 Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] * configure.in: Explicitly call _AM_DEPENDENCIES(CC) for the benefit of older Autoconfs. Please let me know (with more

Upgrade to automake-1.5

2001-10-10 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
be causing spurious changes in the Makefile.ins. Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: what replaces emergency?

2001-10-05 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry, the lilo.conf file does not have an emergency entry. Lilo apparently understands that as a shortcut, and passes the appropriate parameters to the kernel. Please send us the documentation for this command. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm

Re: Wishlist (it's a must)

2001-09-22 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
discussion suggested we add a command that would allow the user to display the contents of the screen before GRUB started. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu

Re: Creating a bootable floppy

2001-09-21 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
have slapped my forehead, tried --root-directory, and not had to bother the list. I've checked in 5 lines to do just that. I don't have the time to do much else right now, sorry. Thanks for your report, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom

Re: Patch for memory detection with (SMP?) broken BIOSes

2001-08-02 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
with the following ChangeLog entry. 2001-08-02 Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] * stage2/common.c (init_bios_info): Ignore zero-length memory ranges. From Derrik Pates. Feel free to write ChangeLogs for any future patches you might have. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: GRUB passes invalid mem= parameter to Linux kernel on system with 512 MB of physical RAM

2001-08-01 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Mario Klebsch writes: MK Since linux does not require the mem= parameter anymore, will the MK option be reversed some time in the future (renamed to MK -mem-option)? Better yet, is there a way for Grub to detect a newer version of linux, and set the default based on that? -- Gordon

GRUB 0.90 is released

2001-07-12 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
configuration file automatically, like the network boot images. * VSTa filesystem support is added. * ELF symbol loading support is added. Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// Try Emacs (http://fig.org/gnu/emacs

Re: prepare_0_90

2001-07-05 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
should do it yourself. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// Go Figure (http://fig.org/figure/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Sticky Boot Feature

2001-06-30 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
will choose the entry booted previously as the default entry. See also *Note default::. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// Try Emacs (http://fig.org/gnu/emacs/) ___ Bug-grub

Re: an estimated date of 0.90

2001-06-16 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
If you'd like CVS access, go to http://savannah.gnu.org/, and create a user for yourself. When you've done that, tell us what it is, and we can add you to GRUB. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// Try Emacs (http

Re: [Bug-grub] Re: an estimated date of 0.90

2001-06-15 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
the work, so the decision to upgrade to Savannah was mostly up to them. Anyway, I'm mostly just interested in hearing your feelings on the subject, because I'm interested in finding resolution to this, if you still see it as a problem. Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG

Re: an estimated date of 0.90

2001-06-13 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
be easier. Let me know what you'd like from me. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// Go Figure (http://fig.org/figure/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Bug-grub] Not able to boot

2001-06-07 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Vidya Kulkarni writes: VK 2. chainloader+1 VK Error: Unrecognized command It should be `chainloader +1', note the space. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// Run Bash (http://fig.org/gnu/bash

Re: Documentation]

2001-06-07 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
for it. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// Do Screen (http://fig.org/gnu/screen/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Re: Design Idea: Fixing BIOS device numbering!

2001-05-31 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
drive. Perhaps you can use some of its ideas. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org

Re: device ordering

2001-05-30 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Jason Thomas writes: JT hey anyone have any ideas what to put in the doco to answer this JT question. Grub uses the same device ordering as your BIOS. Most BIOSes use [insert normal ordering] but orderings as strange as [insert strange ordering] have been observed. -- Gordon Matzigkeit

Re: [Bug-grub] Re: Debian Maintainer

2001-05-29 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Jason Thomas writes: JT alright then if you want to remove all the stuff in the debian JT directory in cvs and fix the Makefiles and configure JT scripts. that would be excellent. Okay, this is done now. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed

Re: GRUB Manual: French translation completed !

2001-05-28 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
OKUJI Yoshinori writes: OY BTW, Gordon, do you think we should change the license term to OY the GNU Free Documentation License? That's fine with me, for the part of the document that I've contributed. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed

Re: [Bug-grub] Re: Debian Maintainer

2001-05-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
ugly. It's up to you, but I'll help you implement what you need. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// Go Figure (http://fig.org/figure/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL

Re: Automake and GRUB...

2001-05-21 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
'. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// Do Screen (http://fig.org/gnu/screen/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Re: Grub and XFS

2001-05-18 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
erich writes: e I haven't contributed to GRUB for quite some time, in part because e I had been working at Intel and it was a hassle to do GNU SW. e But, I'm not working there anymore, so I'm free! ;) Excellent news! Let me be the first person to welcome you back, Erich. :) -- Gordon

Re: SILO/GRUB coordination

2001-05-03 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
as a fallback for, say, teletypes. ;) -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// Go Figure (http://fig.org/figure/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org

Maintainers? [Re: Booting from CD]

2001-04-25 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
scheduled discussion.] -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// Try Emacs (http://fig.org/gnu/emacs/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Suggestions and questions

2001-04-20 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
it a patch, and it will happen. ;) -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// Try Emacs (http://fig.org/gnu/emacs/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Re: new to list, lots of questions

2001-03-29 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
post the output of `fdisk -l /dev/hda', and any other /dev/hd* or /dev/sd* you have in your system. Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// Do Screen (http://fig.org/gnu/screen

Re: grub_0.5.96.1-0.1_i386.changes INSTALLED

2001-02-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
that these change notices be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope that makes it clearer, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// I use GNU (http://fig.org/gnu/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list

Re: [Hubert Tonneau hubert.tonneau@heliosam.fr] GRUB does not recognize ext2 RAID 1

2001-02-14 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
' GRUB can CP output the ID byte together with a `guess' by ID-name, or also CP here the partition contents is checked by magics etc... As an interim step, why not add an option to `rootnoverify' that forces a filesystem type? rootnoverify (hd0,1) --fstype=ext2fs -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL

Re: Silly question about `printf'

2001-01-21 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
by the Grub shell and the stage2. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// Go Figure (http://fig.org/figure/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman

Re: GRUB bug

2001-01-12 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Try running `displaymem' from the `grub' prompt, and send the output. It may be that 0.5.96.1 doesn't pass a correct `mem=' flag to linux. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to diversity and freedom \// Go Figure (http://fig.org/figure

Re: grub debian-installer

2000-12-30 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
to the archive GR faster. It will be unlikely that I get much time to work on the Debian packaging, so I welcome any patches you want to make. Okuji has planned version 1.0 of GRUB pretty soon, and at that time I will do my best to bring the Debian package up to speed again. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL

Re: How to append a command to Linux?

2000-12-13 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
-scsi -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// Be Pliant (http://fig.org/pliant/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Re: grub-install buggy in 0.5.96.1

2000-12-05 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Holger Bauer writes: HB Since I am not subscribed to this list, I do not know if this was HB already reported. Thanks, it has been, and is fixed in the CVS version. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// Try Emacs

Re: New FS driver (and support for a new OS).

2000-11-03 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
ition there." __ Indira Gandhi There are also the kinds of people who insist in dividing other people up into groups. On second thought, maybe everybody does that. ;) -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// Do Screen (http://fig.org/

Re: New FS driver (and support for a new OS).

2000-10-31 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
for the bureacracy, ;P -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) Please email the following information to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and we will send you the assignment form that covers the changes you

Re: GRUB 0.5.96.1 is released; WE LIED

2000-10-20 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
is another test release, so I lied when I said `FINAL TEST RELEASE'. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Deny runlevel 1 in Grub ???

2000-10-19 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
. Otherwise, GRUB will just unlock the privileged instructions. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

GRUB 0.5.96.1 is released; WE LIED

2000-10-19 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
his option is specified, probe a device map, even if it already exists. You should use this option whenever you add/remove a disk. Please try it out and send any comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and

Bug#72424: Is this bug still relevant?

2000-10-16 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Have you had any success with your GRUB drive mapping problem? Please let us know whether this bug still needs our attention. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org

Re: [u9816588@alunos.fcti.unimep.br: splashscreen in grub]

2000-10-10 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
is, but maybe somebody else at bug-grub knows. If not, you should try asking the Caldera people. It's their GPL requirement to prominently let their users know how they've changed GRUB, and where to get the sources. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed

changes for 0.5.96.1

2000-10-09 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
those seem reasonable, or should I add/remove a patch? -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: About grub feature

2000-10-09 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
this issue directly (and I intend for it to be added to GRUB after the 1.0 release), but I shant say more until I have an integrated demonstration prepared. Until then, you can see details at: http://fig.org/figure/ -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/)

Re: BUG: serial --port and --speed are swapped

2000-10-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Alessandro Rubini writes: AR While documenting the new commands, I noted that the code in AR stage2.c has a bug: the "--port" and "--speed" arguments are AR swapped: "--port" sets the speed and "--speed" sets the port. I've applied this patch

Re: make setup more robust

2000-10-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
longer. I OY will fix it in the next version. Okay, done. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

Re: patch for the commands chapter

2000-10-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
worse than it could AR be -- I'm not a native speaker, either. I applied your patch almost completely intact. My only changes were because I am a native speaker, and I thought of better ways of expressing some parts. Thanks for your work, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http

Re: [Bug-grub] CVS access

2000-10-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Gregg C Levine writes: GCL Hello from Gregg C Levine Can anyone post the rules for GCL accessing the CVS store, for GRUB? If you still need help, there are instructions at http://www.gnu.org/software/devel.html#CVS -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org

Re: Another doc patch: setkey

2000-10-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
(such as cleaning up the syntax in the `@deffn' entries) that also need to be done to make the manual look polished. I won't argue against making your change on the trunk, but I think there might still be a better way. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed

GNU GRUB 0.5.96 - FINAL TEST RELEASE

2000-10-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
e1 automatically under "/boot/grub" and "/grub", unless you specify the option `--prefix'. * The utility `grub-install' recognizes a separate boot partition automatically. * New commands, "partnew" and "parttype". You can modify partition tables with these c

Re: patch for the commands chapter (fix)

2000-10-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Alessandro Rubini writes: AR This fixes the compilation problems, must be applied on top of my AR patch of this night. Thanks, I did these already. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org

Re: Another doc patch: setkey

2000-10-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
.96 unless it fixes a serious problem (such as missing or badly inaccurate documentation). As far as I'm concerned, it's ready for release. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://w

almost ready for 0.5.96

2000-10-05 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Re: Change in fsys_reiserfs.c

2000-10-04 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
OKUJI Yoshinori writes: OY Gordon, please apply this: Done. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#72311: arch-specific files in /usr/share

2000-10-04 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
shared read-only amongst many machines. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org

[Bug-grub] [Harmon S. Nine hnine@ns1.netarx.com] Installing grub on a non-first hard disk that will be the first hard disk on another machine

2000-09-21 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
. Harmon S. Nine Netarx, Inc. 30910 Telegraph Road Bingham Farms, MI 48025 PH. (248)647-9800 FX. (248)647-9840 -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: showstopper list

2000-09-10 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
OKUJI Yoshinori writes: OY 0.5.96 2000-10-xx Give Gordon spare time :) :) OY 0.6 2000-12-xx Likewise What I need to do is make sure the outstanding Debian bugs have been closed, create boot images, and make sure the release is viable and self-contained. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL

Re: GRUB!!!!!

2000-09-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
the first sector of a partition. Read the LILO documentation for how to do that. If your hard disk has problems, you'll have to boot from a floppy (or mount your hard disk in another machine) in order to continue. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed

Re: BeOS loader

2000-09-05 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
boot OY loader with the free boot loader (i.e. GNU GRUB), so we can give OY them more opportunity to broaden the idea of free software. Yes, that is a good reason. It is the same reason why GNU is portable to many proprietary systems. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG

Re: evolution or revolution (was: Re: documentation question)

2000-09-03 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
sense in both embedded and distributed environments, on different proccessors, for different process models, etc. But only time will tell if I did a reasonable job. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http

Re: terminal support - regards, comments, and bugs

2000-09-02 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
the scancodes offhand. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: documentation question

2000-09-02 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
right now. ;) For those who are interested in helping me with infrastructure, please see my Figure web pages: http://fig.org/figure/ I hope this answers your question, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http

Re: Image decryption support in GRUB?

2000-08-02 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
, and the fact that GRUB can only have one file open at a time. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: GNU GRUB 0.5.95 boot image available

2000-07-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Marcus Brinkmann writes: MB I am now going to move the above grub disk out of the way. If you leave a readme there, that would be good, too. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

grub/util/grub-image.in

2000-07-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
to time. You are welcome to hack on it and improve it, if you wish. Have fun, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: force-lba doesn't work in stage2

2000-07-26 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Jochen Hoenicke writes: JH The fix is simple, see attached patch. Should I check it in? It looks good to me, go ahead. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: BUG ? Feature :-) (was: BUG with grub menus)

2000-07-26 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
. It's an ugly world. There's not much you can do except learn how not to take offense, avoid the situations, or get angry and flame back. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: a better approach for a new version of grub-install

2000-07-26 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
of looking at things, and suggest its own solutions. That is the reason why I suggest doing things the easier way for now, because I feel that the most elegant way would first require some redesign of the current GRUB architecture. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http:/

Re: Support for NT

2000-07-25 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
grub'' for starters. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

GRUB 0.5.95 is released

2000-07-03 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Proposal and ``pxegrub'' for Preboot Execution Environment. See the documentation, for more details. * The command "tftpserver" overrides a TFTP server address returned by a BOOTP server, a DHCP server or a RARP server. * Fix a serious bug about LBA support. It is possible that you don't

Re: Bug#66491: Grub fails with an UDMA66 disk

2000-07-03 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
notes into consideration. Thanks for the report, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: problem or bug?

2000-06-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
dows) uses BIOS to access the swapped disks. If it uses a special driver for them, it probably won't work. [...] -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: The list of outstanding reports that should be closed

2000-06-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
That was a bug in MaxBlack but not in GRUB. Should we be so strict about the chainloader signature? I think there should at least be an option to disable the signature check. Let me know what you think, and I can implement it. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org

Re: The list of outstanding reports that should be closed

2000-06-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
OKUJI Yoshinori writes: OY The option does exist. In the file NEWS: OY New in 0.5.94 - 2000-03-06: [snip] * The command "chainloader" OY now accepts an option "--force", Great! I'll close the report, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http:/

Re: problem or bug?

2000-06-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
constraint. Is it clearer now why we saw your post as misinformed? Next time you post something that disregards another person's opinion, it is better to state your assumptions rather than sarcastically criticize their approach. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/)

answering questions [was: problem or bug?]

2000-06-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
ter if you ...''. KV Sorry if it produced more problems then solved. No worries. Just keep in mind that it's better to offer alternatives rather than to deliberately ignore one person's idea and say that your own idea is the Only Way. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http

Re: Obtaining the latest release or how do I access the CVS store

2000-06-14 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
ill notify you of CVS logs whenever any developer checks in patches. Hope this helps, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: Silent GRUB Menu

2000-06-12 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
line, and be able to do just about anything (ever try `cat (hd0,1)/etc/passwd'?). I should probably add this scenario into the documentation, too, but I'm not sure where to put it. Have fun, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity

Re: Journaling ReiserFS support for grub bootloader

2000-06-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
for testing anything but patches that also work on the grub shell, which hampers my ability to help out considerably. :( OY If so, it could be more practical that you maintain the code OY directly instead of us, I think. I agree. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org

Re: Minor patch for grub-install

2000-05-29 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
patch, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: typo in grub-install

2000-05-28 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
the patch soon. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

[assignments assign@gnu.org] GRUB

2000-05-26 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Another assignment... -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) The following disclaimers and/or assignments concerning GRUB have recently been added to the file copyright.list here

pending patches

2000-05-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
I'm working on applying patches to Grub, but am having Kerberos problems. Sorry for the delay, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: 0.5.94 LBA BIOS Changes

2000-04-21 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
versions now? In current CVS versions, you can use the `--force-lba' option to `setup' or `install'. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

SURVEY: Did the LBA support bitmap checking help you?

2000-04-21 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
reply and tell us your configuration. I'm asking because maybe we should change Grub's defaults. Sometimes it is better to be compatible than correct. :( -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

[assignments assign@gnu.org] grub

2000-04-21 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Here's the assignment from Per. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) The following disclaimers and/or assignments concerning Grub have recently been added to the file copyright.list

Re: [patch] Detecting unaligned files (mainly for reiserfs)

2000-04-19 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Jochen Hoenicke writes: JH This patch will make the install command complain with an error JH message. Furthermore the blocklist command will give a more JH detailed list, if some blocks are unaligned. Thanks for this patch, I've applied it to the Grub CVS. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL

Bug#61753: grub: grub info refers to /lib/grub/ instead of /usr/share/grub

2000-04-18 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
, or you are referring to some docs that I didn't look at. Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://gnu.fig.org/)

GRUB 0.5.94 is released

2000-03-21 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
get IP addresses from a network. * Long filename support in the FAT filesystem is added. * The command "cmp" compares each bytes in two files. As always, you can find out more about GRUB development at http://www.gnu.org/software/grub.html Have fun, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://gnu.fig.org/)

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