Re: Wrap-around in menu.lst for grub 0.5

1999-03-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
). The file to look at is shared_src/stage2.c. Good luck, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: my plan

1999-05-23 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
the maintainership (much like we are now), except without you always waiting for my approval before doing something major. Just do what you want with GRUB... I'll write you if I'd rather do it a different way. That's more efficient than waiting for my opinion all the time. Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit

Re: GNU GRUB webpages have been uploaded

1999-07-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
OKUJI Yoshinori writes: OY P.S. What I don't know is who should update the What's New OY page. If I should do, let me know. Yes, you should update it. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http

Re: maintainership [was: additional patch for /sbin/grub]

1999-03-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
a new scripting language, serial device support, internationalization, and/or network booting will all wait until later (unless somebody gives us patches that we like against the latest CVS). I think adding those features will be enough changes to bump GRUB's version to 2.0. ;) -- Gordon Matzigkeit

Re: Reimplementation of GRUB's password feature

1999-03-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
changes because I'm exercising my editorial rights. ;) -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: extension language

1999-03-31 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
, and Pliant needs users. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: CD-ROM support

1999-04-02 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
an isofs first, using hard disk emulation, to make sure things work, and only then do the more extensive changes needed for approach number 2. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: grub-19990310 doesn't read Hurd partitions

1999-04-14 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
fdisk just arbitrarily decided to reserve 0x63 for the Hurd, but I may be wrong. Thomas would know for sure. In any event, if GRUB ever needs a magic partition type (for automated installations) I'd like to use 0x63, since it's already nicely reserved for us. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\

Re: Grub error messages

1999-04-22 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
weeks.] -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: LBA support

1999-03-04 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
I lied... things are still broken, but at least what I checked in was a reasonable first attempt. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: a patch for /sbin/grub

1999-03-24 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
/grub/menu.lst] --install-partition=PTN use PTN as the stage2 emulator's install_partition [default=partition containing CFG] This is vague, but I hope it gives you good ideas. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed

Re: DOS-loader

1999-07-21 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
(or whatever) assumes that, say, INT13 points to a ROM BIOS routine, when it actually points to a DOS TSR that was overwritten during loading. Assuming a perfectly clean (i.e. unmodified) interrupt table, you probably will be lucky. I hope this gives you a hint about how to proceed, -- Gordon Matzigkeit

Re: Netboot

1999-07-22 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
be to help them come up with a way to generate multiboot-compliant images, so that GRUB could load netboot, then netboot would continue the startup. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: ATAPI-boot floppy emulation

1999-07-26 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
of the .tar.gz and the Debian packages, but my build environment is out-of-date. But that is not an excuse to hold up development. I've tagged the CVS repository, so you can continue to commit things without interfering with the release. Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG

GRUB 0.5.92 is released

1999-08-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
l who made this release possible. Special thanks to OKUJI Yoshinori, who did nearly all the development work between 0.5.91 and 0.5.92. I'm just acting as the release guy. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use

Re: trying grub 0.5.92

1999-08-10 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
via INT13 and immediately transferred control, thereby leaving the boot drive in %dl. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: postinst and prerm not in Makefile.am

1999-10-01 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Pavel Roskin writes: PR Hello, Gordon! You have added new files to the GRUB CVS PR repository, but not to the makefiles. Thanks... I'll fix this before release. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU

Re: towards the next release...

1999-10-02 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
it, what drivers should be included? -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: Results of testing

1999-10-07 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Oh, sorry. Gordon, would you link to apply his patch? Okay, it's done. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: Setting up 0.5.94 with /boot a separate partition?

1999-10-25 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Grégoire FAVRE writes: GF is that possible easyly? Yes, just make sure you change the default configuration file to be /grub/menu.lst (since that would correspond to /boot/grub/menu.lst on your running system). -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org

Bug#35850: grub: stage1 does not work as MBR

1999-10-31 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Can you still reproduce this problem with GRUB 0.5.93 (just released)? Thanks, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: BSD slice syntax

1999-01-04 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
t use it. ASR Right now I am using my own BSD syntax support to boot RedHat, ASR Debian, Hurd, Win95, Minix and FreeBSD-3.0, and the code has ASR never crashed. Minix! Cool. Do you need a chainloader, or does GRUB recognize the kernel properly by itself? -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SCSI oddity under Linux

1999-11-07 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
something (such as a kernel parameter or initrd)? If you OY are not sure, send your lilo.conf to this list. I vote for initrd... stock Red Hat installs use a modular SCSI system, and put the modules in the initrd. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org

[Brent Fulgham brent.fulgham@xpsystems.com] RE: Newbie questions again...

1999-11-08 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
Here's a question from Brent, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/) All in all, GRUB is developing very nicely. Speaking of GRUB, does anyone know if it is possible to launch

Re: Graphics mode support

1999-11-15 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
standard itself is a different issue. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

Re: Troubles with grub on my SCSI drive

1999-01-17 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
GK dl has value 1. I wrote another dumb stage1 to test it. I forgot GK asm source for it at home (unfortunatelly) - I will send it next GK week. Well, I guess that settles it... just one more question: what kind of SCSI controller do you have (since that may also contribute to the problem)? -

GRUB CVS repository moved to subversions

1999-12-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
GNU has gotten a newer, better CVS server, so I've moved the official GRUB sources there. To find out how to access it (or browse the CVS tree from the web), see http://www.gnu.org/software/devel.html#CVS Have fun, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org

Re: Bug#52080: grub: won't recognize ext2 partition when there are *fat ones in front

1999-12-26 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
things right now. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)

what I've been doing

2000-01-11 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
you, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://gnu.fig.org/)

Re: Advice for GRUB + GNU Parted users

2000-01-28 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
be nice. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://gnu.fig.org/)

Re: grub 0.5.93.1 failure to initialize root/geometry on (fd0)

2000-02-03 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
it is not straightforward. Yes, I misunderstood. It would have made a lot more sense to me if the cache was flushed only for removable disks (I never use GRUB on a floppy), but perhaps we don't have a good way of detecting what is removable and what isn't. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm

Re: Is automake really good?

2000-02-03 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
rather you not spend time trying to rewrite the existing Makefiles until we know exactly what we want for the future. [The scripting language is what I'm working on right now... I'm on holidays from all other jobs, so I should have something ready soon.] -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: shall we release 0.5.94?

2000-02-27 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
OKUJI Yoshinori writes: OY So I've made a branch. The tag is "prepare_0_5_94" as Gordon OY suggested. I'll prepare the release, then. -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://gnu.fig.org/)

CVS commit list

2000-03-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
There is now a mailing list set up for Grub CVS commit notifications. It's `[EMAIL PROTECTED]', and you can subscribe by sending a message with a subject line of `subscribe' to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Have fun, -- Gordon Matzigkeit [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed

Re: [Re: grub 0.5.93.1: loading a minix floppy disk image from hard disk]

2000-03-06 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
an option for that, but I don't know the syntax. If only you were trying to boot the Hurd from a nested filesystem.... -- 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/)

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/)

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

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

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/)

[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

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/)

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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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: 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/)

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

[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: 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

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: 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

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: [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

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: 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

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: 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: 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: 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

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: 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 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: 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: 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: [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: 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: 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: 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

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: 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

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