Re: [PATCH 2/2] Search for specific config file when it boots from tftp

2012-09-04 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 14.08.2012 14:57, Paulo Flabiano Smorigo/Brazil/IBM wrote: > > Hi all, > > This patch implements a search for a specific configuration (based on > MAC or IP) when the config file is on the tftp server. He uses the > following order: > >1) By MAC address (in lower case hexadecimal with da

Re: kexec GRUB, multiboot port and qemu

2012-09-04 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 27.08.2012 01:30, Ague Mill wrote: > Hi! > > As a developer working on Tails [1], a live distribution aimed at > protecting its users' privacy, I am trying to tackle one of our > long-standing issue: we need to properly overwrite the system memory > with zeros on shutdown in order to erase tra

Re: [PATCH] grub-setup: make it possible to specify the root device

2012-09-04 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 04.09.2012 20:44, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote: > On 09/04/12 18:51, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> On 04.09.2012 16:32, Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) wrote: >> >>> From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" >>> >>> When creating a bootable disk image in a file rather

Re: [PATCH] grub-setup: make it possible to specify the root device

2012-09-04 Thread Arnout Vandecappelle
On 09/04/12 18:51, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 04.09.2012 16:32, Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) wrote: From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" When creating a bootable disk image in a file rather than on a physical device, it is not possible to guess the root p

Re: [PATCH] grub-setup: make it possible to specify the root device

2012-09-04 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 04.09.2012 16:32, Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) wrote: > From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" > > When creating a bootable disk image in a file rather than on a physical > device, it is not possible to guess the root partition. Therefore, > allow the root partition to be spe

Re: Grub-devel Digest, Vol 103, Issue 1

2012-09-04 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 09:29:12AM -0700, ivo welch wrote: > as CD drives continue to to disappear from computers and as $5 USB drives > move towards >16GB range, it would make sense for OS makers to adopt some > standard that makes multiple ISO booting feasible and easy...even Windows. > grub pr

[PATCH] grub-setup: make it possible to specify the root device

2012-09-04 Thread Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)
From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" When creating a bootable disk image in a file rather than on a physical device, it is not possible to guess the root partition. Therefore, allow the root partition to be specified on the command line. Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/M