On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 11:57:48PM +0200, Christian Franke wrote: > Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >>> About the command, i think that it will be simpler for the user if we have >>> only one command: chainloader (like in grub4dos) that will try to detect the >>> type of the bootloader. This is only my personal opinion. >>> >> I don't agree with this. chainloader and ntldr don't share the same >> syntax: chainloader expects a bootsector whereas ntldr expects an >> ntldr ot bootmgr file. GRUB2 is done to break with bad design >> decisions of GRUB1 one of them being "kernel" command. GRUB4DOS >> follows GRUB1 on this subject. >> > > I agree.
Alright. Let's make it a separate command. I think it should still share code with chainloader.c though (with some ifdefs). I'll sort this out and make a newer patch when I find a free minute. > It probably would make sense that the 'ntldr' command does simple > signature checks and fail on unknown files unless '--force' is specified. You mean checking for the PE signature? Yes, this would be nice too. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
