Conectiva patches to grub 0.5.96.1

2001-09-20 Thread pcpa
Hi, I have already posted a version of this patch, when it was applyed to 0.5.95, but here is a new version, in case anybody has interest. Besides the support for running grub in vga 16 colors mode, show a background image, choose font colors, a viewport, etc. This patch has some

Turning on memory map

2001-09-20 Thread Carlo Kok
How can I turn on the memory map? I can't seem to get bit 6 of the flags turned on. ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Re: Creating a bootable floppy

2001-09-20 Thread Greg Ward
On 19 September 2001, Derrik Pates said: On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Greg Ward wrote: # grub-install --root-dir=/floppy '(fd0)' Um. You have to type it _exactly_ - --root-dir isn't going to work, you have to type --root-directory. Sigh. I have been spoiled by command-line parsers that

Wishlist (it's a must)

2001-09-20 Thread Robert Siemer
Hi! Please remove all unnecessary clear screens from the code. Especially the cls() which gets called when stage2 is entered. It prevents experts and others from seeing error messages! So they cant report bugs or debug very well! Regards, Robert PS: Likewise it also

Re: Wishlist (it's a must)

2001-09-20 Thread sese granola
I would rather see an option used via menu.lst for this behavior. - Original Message - From: Robert Siemer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:40 PM Subject: Wishlist (it's a must) Hi! Please remove all unnecessary clear screens from the

Re: [Bug-grub] Re: Wishlist (it's a must)

2001-09-20 Thread Jason Thomas
this wouldn't work as two different things happen depending on if the menu needs to be displayed if (config_entries) run_menu (heap, NULL, new_num_entries, new_heap, 0); else { cls ();

Re: Root-Over NFS Diskless booting

2001-09-20 Thread dman
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 05:24:39PM +0200, Robert Siemer wrote: | From: Michael Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | It will start booting the 2.4.9 kernel, but when it comes time to mount | the / filesystem i get this error. | | RPC Call returned error 101 | Root-NFS: Unable to get nfsd port

Re: Wishlist (it's a must)

2001-09-20 Thread Robert Siemer
Please remove all unnecessary clear screens from the code. Especially the cls() which gets called when stage2 is entered. It prevents experts and others from seeing error messages! So they cant report bugs or debug very well! From: sese granola [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would rather see