Hi Andrei, Thanks for the tips, I'll try that. Here's a link that describes the proper use of liveswap in the old GRUB, implemented on the "Super Grub Boot Disk" as I mentioned it:
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/SGD_liveswap > On Dec 9, 2014, at 14:06, Andrei Borzenkov <[email protected]> wrote: > > В Tue, 9 Dec 2014 13:52:44 -0500 > Mellissa Dalby <[email protected]> пишет: > >> Hi Andrei, >> The "map()" and "liveswap" commands were working in the legacy GRUB (version >> 0.97 I think). >> They somehow make it possible to work around BIOS limitations in older >> systems that prevent the GRUB Bootloader from vectoring off to another hard >> disk to boot. >> >> For EXAMPLE: >> /dev/sda1 /boot GRUB >> /dev/sda2 / LINUX boots OK >> >> /dev/sdb1 Windows no boot! >> >> Grub entries using "map()" and "liveswap": >> >> map (hd0) (hd1) >> map (hd1) (hd0) >> liveswap > > I have never heard about liveswap, but drivemap command in grub2 should > do what you need. > > drivemap -s (hd0) (hd1) > >> Somehow fools the BIOS into believing /dev/sdb1 is actually /dev/sda1. >> >> I don't know how it does that because I never fetched the legacy GRUB source >> code. >> >> >> >> >>> On Dec 9, 2014, at 13:23, Andrei Borzenkov <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> В Tue, 9 Dec 2014 05:51:22 -0500 >>> Mellissa Dalby <[email protected]> пишет: >>> >>>> Hi GRUB community, >>>> GRUB has become my Bootloader of choice. >>>> I do like the development progression of GRUB2 but I STILL NEED "map()" and >>>> "liveswap" >>> >>> Could you explain what they do? Any links to description or >>> implementation? >>> >>>> to support existing hardware. >>>> >>>> PLEASE consider adding it to GRUB2. >
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