Hollis Blanchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Personally I do not care about if GRUB is confusing for linux users.
>> As I see it, GRUB is not only a linux loader.
>
> I see that Mach also uses "root" as a kernel argument. I certainly
> agree that GRUB is not only a Linux loader. However I strongly
> disagree that we should intentionally confuse Linux users.
It is not intentionally to confuse people.
> Perhaps using "grubroot", "grubprefix", "grubbase", or similar will be
> acceptable?
For me it is, of course, open or discussion. However, I just like
`root'. I do not like the grub prefix. When removing the prefix
grubroot and grubprefix are not possible. Perhaps base, but you would
have to convince Okuji.
>>> I cannot find any grub_env_get("root") callers.
>>
>> I thought I have changed the command to the variable. But perhaps
>> this was only done for prefix (although that would be weird...). In
>> that case we need a `root' variable. It is high on my todo list now,
>> but don't rely too much on me and my todo list and please write it if
>> you need it. It is the right thing to do it this way.
>
> So each menu entry should look something like this?
> title foo
> set root=bar
> multiboot /kernel
That is right.
Thanks,
Marco
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