Hi!
GRUB does not mount a hidden fat filesystem. If the configuration files
reside on such, GRUB will ignore them. GRUB shouldn't.
I have included a patch which would enable GRUB to mount hidden fat
filesystems, but --- this doesn't work. And I couldn't find out why! Any
hints?
--- pc_slice.h.old*Mon Mar 27 01:54:04 2000
+++ pc_slice.h*Mon Mar 27 19:19:33 2000
@@ -109,14 +109,17 @@
#define PC_SLICE_TYPE_MINIX**0x80
#define PC_SLICE_TYPE_EXT2FS *0x83
+/* This is not a flag actually, but used as if it were a flag. */
+#define PC_SLICE_TYPE_HIDDEN_FLAG*0x10
+
/* For convinience. */
#define IS_PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT(type)*\
- (((type) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT12) \
- || ((type) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT16_LT32M) \
- || ((type) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT16_GT32M) \
- || ((type) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT16_LBA) \
- || ((type) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT32) \
- || ((type) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT32_LBA))
+ (((type & (~PC_SLICE_TYPE_HIDDEN_FLAG)) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT12) \
+ || ((type & (~PC_SLICE_TYPE_HIDDEN_FLAG)) ==
PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT16_LT32M) \
+ || ((type & (~PC_SLICE_TYPE_HIDDEN_FLAG)) ==
PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT16_GT32M) \
+ || ((type & (~PC_SLICE_TYPE_HIDDEN_FLAG)) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT16_LBA)
\
+ || ((type & (~PC_SLICE_TYPE_HIDDEN_FLAG)) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT32) \
+ || ((type & (~PC_SLICE_TYPE_HIDDEN_FLAG)) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_FAT32_LBA))
#define IS_PC_SLICE_TYPE_EXTENDED(type)*\
(((type) == PC_SLICE_TYPE_EXTENDED)*\
@@ -135,9 +138,6 @@
|| (type) == (PC_SLICE_TYPE_NETBSD | (fs) << 8))
#define IS_PC_SLICE_TYPE_BSD(type)*IS_PC_SLICE_TYPE_BSD_WITH_FS(type,0)
-
-/* This is not a flag actually, but used as if it were a flag. */
-#define PC_SLICE_TYPE_HIDDEN_FLAG*0x10
/*
* *BSD-style disklabel & partition definitions.
--
Thomas Schweikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
