Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-12-06 Thread Ryan Finnie
On 12/02/2012 03:54 AM, Marco d'Itri wrote: postinst I can read in /etc/default/grub-finnix, check if FINNIX_ISO is set, and if not, mention that it must be configured from /etc/default/grub-finnix. Please don't! This way you will annoy everybody on every new install. It would be much better

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-12-02 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 20, Ryan Finnie r...@finnie.org wrote: I think that we can assume the you should read README.Debian for more information part for all packages... True, but that was more to guide the user, given the fact that the package does absolutely nothing without user configuration. Perhaps

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Ryan Finnie
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Ryan Finnie r...@finnie.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 * Package name: grub-finnix Version : 107 Upstream Author : N/A, native package * URL : N/A, native package * License : GPL Programming Lang:

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 20, Ryan Finnie r...@finnie.org wrote: Description : Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems I think that you should add one or two lines to explain what Finnix is. At least, the word rescue would help a lot... Note that there are certain restrictions regarding where

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Ryan Finnie
On 11/20/2012 01:21 AM, Marco d'Itri wrote: Description : Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems I think that you should add one or two lines to explain what Finnix is. At least, the word rescue would help a lot... Good idea; looking back, I was writing the description from

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread gustavo panizzo
Ryan Finnie r...@finnie.org wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Ryan Finnie r...@finnie.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 * Package name: grub-finnix Version : 107 Upstream Author : N/A, native package * URL : N/A, native package *

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Ryan Finnie
On 11/20/2012 02:41 AM, gustavo panizzo wrote: is that different from current boot from iso support on grub-iso package? I don't see a grub-iso package? RF signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread gustavo panizzo gfa
On 2012-11-20 8:38, Ryan Finnie wrote: On 11/20/2012 02:41 AM, gustavo panizzo wrote: is that different from current boot from iso support on grub-iso package? I don't see a grub-iso package? sorry, package is grub-imageboot RF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread Ryan Finnie
On 11/20/2012 07:00 AM, gustavo panizzo gfa wrote: I don't see a grub-iso package? sorry, package is grub-imageboot Ahh. No, grub-imageboot won't work. It works by chaining memdisk, which boots ISOs by emulating INT 13h. This works fine for simple ISOs such as DOS, or Linux with just a

Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems

2012-11-20 Thread gustavo panizzo gfa
thanks for a such complete explanation, good luck getting your package into debian, i will probably use it :) PS: just a suggestion, would you change it's name to something more generic? like grub-initrd (?), since it could be used to boot other distros -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to