On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:22 AM, KESHAV P.R. <skodab...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:08:45 +0100 >> From: Robert Millan <r...@aybabtu.com> >> Subject: Re: Changes in GRUB help >> To: The development of GNU GRUB <grub-devel@gnu.org> >> Message-ID: <20100125080845.gi13...@thorin> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:15:11PM +0530, KESHAV P.R. wrote: >> > * Add support for Fedora's initramfs (semi-patch attached) - name like >> > initramfs-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64.img . >> >> Your patch looks like it ought to work; have you tested it? >> >> > Please document grub-extras in grub.enbug.org website. >> >> You can do that if you like; it's a wiki. >> >> -- >> Robert Millan > > Yes, the patch definitely works. It is part of Fedora's GRUB2 src-rpm > package. But I changed the 10_linux.in file manually before compiling grub2. > The strange thing is that even without any initrd line in the menuentry, the > Fedora system boots successfully (my guess is that the Fedora's kernel > searches for its compatible initramfs file without relying on grub or > grub2).
Linux initramfs is inside the kernel binary, not a separate file, and so needs no extra support from the bootloader. > > As for documenting grub-extras, I don't know how to use a wiki . Also please > change the behavior of the "help" command as soon as possible. Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
