Report size of GRUB in hidden sectors

2012-11-03 Thread Ulf Zibis
Hi, please by option report, how much bytes in gap between MBR and 1st partition are used by GRUB 2. Or is there another way, how to dertermine, how many bytes of the gap between MBR and 1st partition are used by GRUB 2, so should not be deleted or shrinked or used otherwise. See also

RFE: Grub should provide option to swap partition order

2013-01-29 Thread Ulf Zibis
Hi all, as I'm not subscribed to this list, please *CC me* while answering, e.g. by Reply all. Maybe you have noticed the discussion on help-gr...@gnu.org : Can Grub start Windows XP from other partition Now I've found a possibility to have 2 WinXP installations, both originally installed on

Re: RFE: Grub should provide option to swap partition order

2013-01-31 Thread Ulf Zibis
... On 2013-01-29 22:56 (GMT+0100) Ulf Zibis composed: Now I've found a possibility to have 2 WinXP installations, both originally installed on C:, alternatively running on one disk. As I still was unable to boot a Windows by Grub from a logical partition (only NTLDR can do

Re: RFE: Grub should provide option to swap partition order

2013-02-01 Thread Ulf Zibis
Hi Vladimir, thanks for your response. As I'm not subscribed to this list, please CC me while answering, e.g. by Reply all. Am 01.02.2013 08:02, schrieb Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko: On 29.01.2013 22:56, Ulf Zibis wrote: Now I've found a possibility to have 2 WinXP installations

[bug #38284] GRUB should provide option to swap partition order

2013-02-07 Thread Ulf Zibis
Severity: Major Priority: 5 - Normal Item Group: Feature Request Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: Ulf Zibis Originator Email: ulf.zi...@gmx.de Open/Closed: Open

[bug #38284] GRUB should provide option to swap partition order

2013-02-11 Thread Ulf Zibis
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #38284 (project grub): Please forget, what I have written for grub.cfg. I wasn't aware, that partitions normally are determined by their UUID, so the assignment should work even if partitions are swapped. So I suggest to extend the os-prober script similar like the

[bug #38308] Remove unset variable from environment block

2013-02-11 Thread Ulf Zibis
: Major Priority: 5 - Normal Item Group: Software Error Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: Ulf Zibis Originator Email: ulf.zi...@gmx.de Open/Closed: Open

Re: RFE: Grub should provide option to swap partition order

2013-02-11 Thread Ulf Zibis
Am 01.02.2013 22:27, schrieb Ulf Zibis: HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM without - tweak registry from Windows(2), which requires expert knowledge and special tools to tweak it offline? - manually swap the physical(1,2) in the partition table entries order and run /update-grub/ after

[bug #38284] GRUB should provide option to swap partition order

2013-02-11 Thread Ulf Zibis
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #38284 (project grub): Pooh, how often should I explain, that there is nothing to fix in boot.ini? Here it is. What would you think to repair here? [boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS [operating systems]

[bug #38284] GRUB should provide option to swap partition order

2013-02-11 Thread Ulf Zibis
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #38284 (project grub): See here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2013-02/msg0.html ___ Reply to this item at: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38284 ___

[bug #38284] GRUB should provide option to swap partition order

2015-12-28 Thread Ulf Zibis
Follow-up Comment #9, bug #38284 (project grub): See comment #0 : "... it dosn't work for the one on sda2 (~ 10 seconds after WinXP boot screen I got a blue-screen). ..." ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #38284] GRUB should provide option to swap partition order

2015-12-28 Thread Ulf Zibis
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #38284 (project grub): @ Piotr Sawuk Interesting workaround against manually manipulating the partition table with hex editor. But both do not serve what I want. I'm looking for a solution to spontaneously and easily do the selection via grub menu. To boot one of the

[bug #56603] Grub show boot menue and wait for 30s after hibernate even is menue is hidden or set to another wait time.

2021-10-22 Thread Ulf Zibis
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #56603 (project grub): See also: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40530 ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message sent via

[bug #61368] menuentry statement should unset variable chosen, unless enclosed in submenu statement

2021-10-22 Thread Ulf Zibis
URL: Summary: menuentry statement should unset variable chosen, unless enclosed in submenu statement Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: ulfzibis Submitted on: Fri 22 Oct 2021 02:35:55 PM UTC