Re: [PATCH]: grub: Partitions can start at zero.

2009-04-21 Thread David Miller
From: Vladimir Serbinenko phco...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:53:35 +0200 On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:30 AM, David Miller da...@davemloft.net wrote: With Sun partitions, individual partitions can start at disk address zero. That's right, zero. This works because UFS and EXT{2,3,4}

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Peter Cros
Hi, I have been playing with grub gptsync, on apple intel mac with GUID partitioned 8 GB usb stick, 8 partitions. #1 is the standard fat32 EFI system part for macs. I am comparing with the gptsync utility from linux, or rEFIt gptsync, currently used for macs booting pc-bios bootloader. It is

Re: Getting the silent=splash to work?

2009-04-21 Thread BandiPat
Felix Zielcke wrote: Am Montag, den 20.04.2009, 16:53 -0400 schrieb BandiPat: Ok, grub2 devs, I can't figure this out. The splash screen that covers the scrolling text when booting up, no longer works! I've tried several different things, but have not run across a solution yet. What's the

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Vladimir Serbinenko
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Peter Cros pxwp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have been playing with grub gptsync, on apple intel mac with GUID partitioned 8 GB usb stick, 8 partitions. #1 is the standard fat32 EFI system part for macs. I am comparing with the gptsync utility from linux, or

Re: Framebuffer/vbe separation

2009-04-21 Thread Vesa Jääskeläinen
Vladimir Serbinenko wrote: Hello, currently vbe module contains all the framebuffer functions which are actually adapter-independent and I think more adapters can be implementing by providing a function which sets mode and framebuffer. Additionally it provides an interface to retrieve

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Peter Cros
There appears to be a small bug there. For example - gptsync (hd0) 4 2 3 will write data for GPT partition 4 2 3 to MBR partition table 2 3 4 but also GPT partition 1 to MBR partition 1 (which is actually what happens now for intel mac.) And similarly for other selections will write the next lower

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Isaac Dupree
Peter Cros wrote: I don't think it is compatible with current MBR/GPT hybrid ?partitioning on intel macs for grub-pc booting. well, it doesn't necessarily order the partitions in the same way as e.g. rEFIt gptsync does, but that's because this GRUB implementation gives you more control! You

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-04-21 Thread Vladimir Serbinenko
Hello, here is the version with changelog, fix for freebsd_module and licencing corrections. If nobody objects I'll commit it soon Enjoy On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Bean bean12...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, This patch allows you to load amd64 freebsd kernel directly, here is an example:

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Vladimir Serbinenko
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Isaac Dupree m...@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org wrote: Peter Cros wrote: I don't think it is compatible with current MBR/GPT hybrid ?partitioning on intel macs for grub-pc booting. well, it doesn't necessarily order the partitions in the same way as e.g.

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Vladimir Serbinenko
HFS autodetect added. With changelog this time. Should already be suitable for inclusion On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:03 AM, Vladimir Serbinenko phco...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Isaac Dupree m...@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org wrote: Peter Cros wrote: I don't think it

Re: [PATCH] Split #2: parser/reader separation

2009-04-21 Thread Bean
Hi, ping ? On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Bean bean12...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, This patch moves the parser from normal.mod to script/sh, it also split rescue mode to rescue_reader and rescue_parser. dynamic command support and auto fs loader is moved to standalone source file