On 31 May 2026 at 16:45, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Date sent: Sun, 31 May 2026 16:45:03 -0700
Subject: Re: Is there another list that might be better to ask
questions on?
Some questions get quick replies, and others are
total igno
To: Community support for Fedora users
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From: Samuel Sieb <[email protected]>
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> On 5/31/26 3:48 PM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> > On 31 May 2026 at 10:59, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> >
> > Date sent: Sun, 31 May 2026 10:59:31 -0700
> > Subject: Re: Is there another list that might be better to ask
> > questions on?
> > Some questions get quick replies, and others are
> > total ignored.
> > To: [email protected]
> > From: Samuel Sieb <[email protected]>
> > Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users
> > <[email protected]>
> >
> >> On 5/31/26 9:47 AM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote:
> >>> [snip]
> >> This looks like a copy of an email you sent as:
> >> "OT: Creating an RPM and/or adding a project to grub2 boot"
> >>
> >> If no one has an answer, then it's unlikely to get a reply. It doesn't
> >> necessarily mean it was "ignored". Also indicating that it's off-topic
> >> is likely to discourage responses.
> >>
> >> But the big problem is that your emails can be very hard to understand.
> >> In this case, I don't even know what the question is. You put "Any
> >> suggestions." at the bottom, but I don't see a question or problem
> >> described.
> >>
> >
> > In my disk imaging project include a script that allows adding g4l
> > to grub2 similar to memtest86+
> >
> > The g4l-lite-fc43.zip has the kernel and initramfs.lzma files and all
> > the grub4dos bios and grub4dos.
> > For the grub2 the kernel file bz7x0.1 and initramfs.lzma need to be
> > added to /boot, and the /boot/loader/entries/needs to be created.
> >
> >
> > cat mkefiloader.sh
> > #!/usr/bin/bash
> > unzip g4l-lite-fc43.zip linux/bz7x0.1 linux/initramfs.lzma -d /boot
> > # puts kernel and initramfs in /boot directory
> > # create /boot/loader/entries for option to load from grub2
> >
> > machineid=$(cat /etc/machine-id)
> >
> > {
> > echo title G4L 0.70
> > echo version 0.G4L
> > echo linux /$(ls bz* | grep -v .config)
> > echo initrd /initramfs.lzma
> > echo grub_users \$grub_users
> > echo grub_arg --unrestricted
> > echo grub_class fedora
> > } >/boot/loader/entries/"$machineid"-0-G4L.conf
> >
> >
> > Don't see what is so complicated in that.
>
> Is there a question in there somewhere?
Rather than having everyone have to manually go to the
sourceforge site and download the project file.
114176728 Jun 1 09:09 g4l-v0.70-Release.zip
Then have to unzip the file to get access to its files.
the run the above script manually.
Tired years ago to get info on creating an rpm file, but that ended
at a long dead mailing list.
I've been doing this project going thru whatever the version of
Fedora was back in 2004, and find it useful. Perhaps no one else
would. So guess I'l just Shut Up.
Thanks for you time.
>
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