[bug #64256] Is it possible to change the default US keymap?

2023-05-26 Thread John O Hara
:03:03 By: John O Hara On a Ubuntu system having grub 2.06-2ubuntu7.1 it seems the default US kaymap could not be changed. No mention I've found in the documentation about how to do that - and if I use an option like "keymap=fr" and I have a file /boot/grub/layouts/fr.gkb it seems

[bug #62821] Request the addition of zstd compression support for ZFS

2022-07-27 Thread John
27 Jul 2022 11:35:18 AM UTC By: John Currently "zstd" compression is supported for BRTFS, but not for ZFS. As the version of ZFS shipped with many distributions now supports zstd, it is possible for a user to set the root-on-ZFS filesystem to use zstd and inadvertently cause their sys

[bug #60703] While decrypting the disk, Grub shouldn't enter rescue mode in the first password attempt that isn't correct

2021-05-29 Thread John Doe
URL: Summary: While decrypting the disk, Grub shouldn't enter rescue mode in the first password attempt that isn't correct Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: waterpaper Submitted on: Dom 30 Mai 2021

[bug #60702] While decryption is in progress, the keyboard should not register anything aside from keyboard shortcuts.

2021-05-29 Thread John Doe
URL: Summary: While decryption is in progress, the keyboard should not register anything aside from keyboard shortcuts. Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: waterpaper Submitted on: Dom 30 Mai 2021

[bug #60633] Support echo in the disk decryption screen

2021-05-18 Thread John Doe
URL: Summary: Support echo in the disk decryption screen Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: waterpaper Submitted on: Ter 18 Mai 2021 23:20:32 UTC Category: User Interface

[bug #60088] Disk decryption screen has some UX problems

2021-02-21 Thread John Doe
URL: Summary: Disk decryption screen has some UX problems Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: waterpaper Submitted on: Dom 21 Fev 2021 16:52:05 UTC Category: Security

[bug #58114] 20_linux_xen also creates garbage entries for xen*config and xen*efi

2020-04-04 Thread John
submit these as patches if suitable, or take to distribution package level if not. Cheers, John ___ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58114> ___ Message sent via Sava

[bug #58113] 20_linux_xen does not work if no kernel config file

2020-04-04 Thread John
is more appropriate for distribution-level, where I could try to get implemented: * This change in their shipped GRUB, or * Install a dummy /boot/config-${version} with only CONFIG_XEN_DOM0=y as part of their Xen package Cheers, John ___ Reply

[bug #56144] build failure - unknown type name ‘mbstate_t’ - gnulib/argp-fmtstream.c

2019-05-07 Thread John Kelley
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #56144 (project grub): I did a bit of bisecting on Arch Linux with gcc 8.3.0 and found: git commit 35b909062e7b334eb4af372be3260d0f62d85375 fail to compile as described in this bug git commit f8f35acb5b05d40e3707a9d2db9ede60023e4cac compiles cleanly

[bug #56144] build failure - unknown type name ‘mbstate_t’ - gnulib/argp-fmtstream.c

2019-05-06 Thread John Kelley
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #56144 (project grub): Maybe related to commit 35b909062e7b334eb4af372be3260d0f62d85375 ___ Reply to this item at: ___

[bug #46032] TPM support

2017-02-17 Thread jbash aka John Bashinski
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #46032 (project grub): Which specific GNU policy would this violate? ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message sent via/by

[bug #45310] Building with 915resolution.c from grub-extras fails.

2015-06-12 Thread John Lane
Severity: Major Priority: 5 - Normal Item Group: Software Error Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: John Lane Originator Email: Open/Closed: Open

[bug #44147] Dual BIOS/UEFI CD will not UEFI Boot Fully

2015-02-07 Thread John Frankish
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #44147 (project grub): ..and in any case, grub-mkimage should work... ___ Reply to this item at: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44147 ___ Message sent via/by

[bug #44147] Dual BIOS/UEFI CD will not UEFI Boot Fully

2015-02-07 Thread John Frankish
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #44147 (project grub): I don't know how to compile grub for both efi and i386-pc simultaneously in order to make a dual legacy bios/efi boot cd for x86_64 with grub-mkrescue... ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #44147] Dual BIOS/UEFI CD will not UEFI Boot Fully

2015-02-01 Thread John Frankish
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44147 Summary: Dual BIOS/UEFI CD will not UEFI Boot Fully Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: juanito_tc Submitted on: Sun 01 Feb 2015 01:03:46 PM GMT Category: Installation

[bug #43727] Cryptomount support for hyphens in UUID

2014-11-30 Thread John Lane
Additional Item Attachment, bug #43727 (project grub): File name: 0001-Cryptomount-support-for-hyphens-in-UUID.patch Size:1 KB ___ Reply to this item at: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?43727

[bug #43727] Cryptomount support for hyphens in UUID

2014-11-30 Thread John Lane
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #43727 (project grub): Revised patch added #32574 that replaces #32570 which can be discarded. This patch implements cryptomount support for UUID values containing hyphens: cryptomount -u af4b9159-8cbb-4122-b801-0c18adf26b3e and

[bug #43731] Cryptomount support for LUKS detached header

2014-11-30 Thread John Lane
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?43731 Summary: Cryptomount support for LUKS detached header Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: johnlane Submitted on: Sun 30 Nov 2014 20:07:55 GMT Category: Disk amp; Partition

[bug #43727] Cryptomount support for hyphens in UUID

2014-11-29 Thread John Lane
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?43727 Summary: Cryptomount support for hyphens in UUID Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: johnlane Submitted on: Sat 29 Nov 2014 19:58:22 GMT Category: Disk amp; Partition

grub nuisances - Ubuntu 14.04 ;

2014-04-26 Thread John Donnelly
Hi How can I limit the disks grub-mkconfig looks at ? It searches unmounted disks and adds everything with a /grub directory to grub.cfg ; Regards Regards, John. -- o Energy-efficiency is #1 reason data centers look to expand. -- Digital Realty Trust o Green Data Centers spending

[bug #41947] Grub does not use my native resolution of 2540x1440

2014-03-24 Thread John Audia
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41947 Summary: Grub does not use my native resolution of 2540x1440 Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: graysky Submitted on: Mon 24 Mar 2014 07:44:20 PM GMT Category: User Interface

[bug #41301] Cannot boot a btrfs root partition with autogenerated grub.cfg

2014-01-29 Thread John Audia
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #41301 (project grub): Yes, the fault is not with upstream at all but with one of the Distro-specific scripts called 10_archlinux BUT I do believe that a related issue is the fault of an upstream supplied script 10_linux which is described in the linked Arch bug

[bug #41384] 10_linux produce entry for Arch Linux that is wrong and panics

2014-01-29 Thread John Audia
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41384 Summary: 10_linux produce entry for Arch Linux that is wrong and panics Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: graysky Submitted on: Wed 29 Jan 2014 10:51:27 AM GMT Category: Booting

[bug #41301] Cannot boot a btrfs root partition with autogenerated grub.cfg

2014-01-29 Thread John Audia
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #41301 (project grub): Disregard my previous question; I opened a new ticket here reporting the issue to keep things organized. Please close this ticket as the issue is not related to your code. ___ Reply to this

[bug #41301] Cannot boot a btrfs root partition with autogenerated grub.cfg

2014-01-22 Thread John Audia
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41301 Summary: Cannot boot a btrfs root partition with autogenerated grub.cfg Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: graysky Submitted on: Wed 22 Jan 2014 11:59:33 AM GMT Category: Booting

[bug #39682] Terminal size is limited to 255x255.

2013-10-27 Thread John Audia
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #39682 (project grub): I build this from git commit e89c2d48a991590c18c28ac867ccda67d4425187 but the original bug as I described it is still present. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #39682] Terminal size is limited to 255x255.

2013-10-27 Thread John Audia
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #39682 (project grub): I think so... here is what I did: 1) I used the distro's PKGBUILD[1] and substituted the commit you created (_GRUB_GIT_COMMIT=e89c2d48a991590c18c28ac867ccda67d4425187) for the current version in the PKGBUILD

[bug #39682] Terminal size is limited to 255x255.

2013-10-19 Thread John Audia
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #39682 (project grub): Excellent, can you point me to the commit(s) that I can apply to v2.00.5086? ___ Reply to this item at: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39682

[bug #39682] GRUB2 compressed boot menu with 2560x1440 background pic

2013-08-03 Thread John Audia
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39682 Summary: GRUB2 compressed boot menu with 2560x1440 background pic Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: graysky Submitted on: Sat 03 Aug 2013 06:12:49 PM GMT Category: User Interface

[bug #39682] GRUB2 compressed boot menu with 2560x1440 background pic

2013-08-03 Thread John Audia
Additional Item Attachment, bug #39682 (project grub): File name: pic.jpgSize:60 KB File name: grub Size:1 KB File name: grub.cfg Size:5 KB ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #37631] I cannot grub-install my external hard drive

2013-03-03 Thread John Ericson
Follow-up Comment #10, bug #37631 (project grub): Sorry I took longer than I said I would, Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512) Disk /dev/sdb: 3000.6 GB, 3000558944256 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 45599 cylinders, total 732558336 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes Sector size

[bug #37631] I cannot grub-install my external hard drive

2013-03-03 Thread John Ericson
Follow-up Comment #12, bug #37631 (project grub): Yeah, when I saw the sector size after running fdisk that occured to me. I highly doubt my BIOS is that smart as my computer is 7 years old. I have 2.00 though so is there any way I could override the settings for the sake of booting from other

[bug #37631] I cannot grub-install my external hard drive

2013-02-28 Thread John Ericson
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #37631 (project grub): Oh sorry. Here are both partitions on the drive (first is NTFS, second is ext4). I have tried installing on both. (file #27547, file #27548) ___ Additional Item Attachment: File name: part1

[bug #37631] I cannot grub-install my external hard drive

2013-02-28 Thread John Ericson
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #37631 (project grub): Yes, I have tried --boot-directory and the depricated --root-directory and something like --directory maybe that isn't on the man page for some reason. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #37631] I cannot grub-install my external hard drive

2013-02-28 Thread John Ericson
Follow-up Comment #9, bug #37631 (project grub): I am at a different computer now, but I'll do it within the next couple hours. ___ Reply to this item at: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?37631

[bug #37631] I cannot grub-install my external hard drive

2013-01-22 Thread John Ericson
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #37631 (project grub): sure! (file #27314) ___ Additional Item Attachment: File name: mymbr Size:64 KB ___ Reply to this item

Grub not installing in LMDE after update

2013-01-14 Thread John Frank
. Hopefully you have some advice, Thanks in advance, John Frank ___ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

[bug #37631] I cannot grub-install my external hard drive

2012-10-24 Thread John Ericson
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?37631 Summary: I cannot grub-install my external hard drive Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: ericson2314 Submitted on: Thu 25 Oct 2012 04:36:07 AM GMT Category: Disk amp; Partition

[bug #37631] I cannot grub-install my external hard drive

2012-10-24 Thread John Ericson
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #37631 (project grub): I tried the same procedure via an Ubuntu 12.04 live cd, and removing my internal hard drive so only the external HDD and live CD were preseant. It failed again, this time with the more descriptive error that GRUB couldn't recognize the file system,

[bug #33582] grub-install failure with: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-06-16 Thread John Stanley
Severity: Major Priority: 5 - Normal Item Group: Software Error Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: John Stanley Originator Email: jpsinthe...@verizon.net Open

[bug #29940] 440BX machine reboots when attempting to load a multiboot image

2010-07-11 Thread john payne
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #29940 (project grub): I have seen a similar thing: The attempt to boot Debian Sarge Linux Kernel vmlinuz-2.4.27-3-k7 causes the machine to re-start (same effect as pressing reset button). This is on a machine with AMD Athlon XP1800 processor and a VIA KT400 chipset

[bug #27349] various build problems with grub2 and x86_64

2009-09-10 Thread John Taylor
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #27349 (project grub): I tried revision 2584 and changed i686-unknown-linux-gnu to i486-unknown-linux-gnu (switched to another host system), and now grub2 is built without any errors. Any suggestions for the other problems? Thanks.

[bug #27349] various build problems with grub2 and x86_64

2009-09-10 Thread John Taylor
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #27349 (project grub): Just to clarify, now it works not because of the changes in grub2 version or the host system, but thanks to your patch. ___ Reply to this item at: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27349

[bug #27349] various build problems with grub2 and x86_64

2009-08-30 Thread John Taylor
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27349 Summary: various build problems with grub2 and x86_64 Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: pi00100100 Submitted on: Sun 30 Aug 2009 07:44:45 PM GMT Category: Compilation

[bug #26982] Make Error: can't find a register in class `BREG' while reloading `asm'

2009-07-08 Thread John
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?26982 Summary: Make Error: can't find a register in class `BREG' while reloading `asm' Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: howl Submitted on: Thu 09 Jul 2009 03:38:19 AM GMT Category:

[bug #26982] Make Error: can't find a register in class `BREG' while reloading `asm'

2009-07-08 Thread John
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #26982 (project grub): I missed https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25220 when I looking to see if anyone else had already reported this. Seems like it is an issue with gentoo. Sorry for taking anyone's time. . ___

Feature Suggestions (3)

2008-07-22 Thread John Doe
I've used your bootloader for a long time and I must say that GRUB legacy is one of the best pieces of software I have ever used. However, this has only made me raise my expectations even higher. I'm not sure if this would be the correct venue to report feature suggestions for GRUB 2, but

[bug #22758] grub-2: compile fails with [grub_script.tab.h] Broken pipe

2008-03-28 Thread John Frankish
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?22758 Summary: grub-2: compile fails with [grub_script.tab.h] Broken pipe Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: juanito Submitted on: Friday 03/28/2008 at 08:31 Category: Compilation

[bug #22138] GRUB partition size limitation undocumented

2008-01-27 Thread John Klug
Severity: Major Priority: 5 - Normal Item Group: None Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: John Klug Originator Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Open/Closed: Open

Grub problem on cloned dual boot disk

2007-04-09 Thread John Koshi
-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.img 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4, 6) Repeated from step 4(a), and got the same error at step (h). Is this a known problem in grub, or am I doing something wrong in these steps? Thanks in advance for a fix to this very frustrating problem. regards, John

GUI work

2006-05-24 Thread John S.
I am interested in getting involved with GRUB and was wondering what work has been done on implementing a GUI for GRUB 2. If anyone is working on it right now, could you please let me know how I can help. Thanks, John S. ___ Bug-grub mailing

[bug #16609] flash update ASUS bios, Grub wrote error mesage to mbr

2006-05-22 Thread John Wrenshall
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #16609 (project grub): This bug report should be marked closed. The problem has been identified, and is a bios related error. The problem has nothing to do with grub. The bios was apparently fooled by the fact that there were two identical drives (same model number

[bug #16609] flash update ASUS bios, Grub wrote error mesage to mbr

2006-05-19 Thread John Wrenshall
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #16609 (project grub): Updated from work: updating the bios via grub-install does not fix the problem. The update is confirmed, as grub uses the new menu.lst (switching bewteen a suse 10.1 system on hdb5 and a unbuntu 5.10 on hda3. I will now proceed to remove one of

RE: Gub 0.97 prevents boot from CD

2006-05-16 Thread John Lumby
a Generic Linux Boot Floppy - refer to http://www.deesconsulting.com/glbf/README. I did exactly that when I installed FC4 on one machine of mine which can't boot from CD. John ___ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

[bug #16609] flash update ASUS bios, Grub wrote error mesage to mbr

2006-05-16 Thread John Wrenshall
Category: Booting Severity: Major Priority: 5 - Normal Item Group: Software Error Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: John Wrenshall Originator Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[bug #16609] flash update ASUS bios, Grub wrote error mesage to mbr

2006-05-16 Thread John Wrenshall
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #16609 (project grub): hmm. the attached files failed. here is the mbr record. ___ Additional Item Attachment: File name: bootrecord Size:0 KB the corrupted mbr

[bug #16609] flash update ASUS bios, Grub wrote error mesage to mbr

2006-05-16 Thread John Wrenshall
Additional Item Attachment, bug #16609 (project grub): File name: menu.lst Size:4 KB the grub menu list under ubuntu http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=9988 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #16609] flash update ASUS bios, Grub wrote error mesage to mbr

2006-05-16 Thread John Wrenshall
Additional Item Attachment, bug #16609 (project grub): File name: A8NE1013.Rom Size:314 KB http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=9990 ___ Reply to this item at:

Re: completely stand-alone grub (legacy or new) boot floppy - how?

2006-05-07 Thread John Lumby
and read all files quite happily, so I'm guessing that grub has very limited error-handling for floppy disks - e.g. maybe it cannot handle reallocation of bad sectors or something like that? John ___ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http

completely stand-alone grub (legacy or new) boot floppy - how?

2006-05-04 Thread John Lumby
someone please tell me how.- preferably both legacy and new grub2 if different. John ___ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

[bug #3404] Error 28 on loading memtest.bin (86k) with asus nforce motherboard

2006-02-07 Thread John V. Baboval
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #3404 (project grub): There is a bug in stage2/char_io.c where addresses are treated as signed, causing this issue as well as similar ones with memdisk on systems with a large amount of memory. I'm attacing a patch below against grub 0.97: diff -burN

Re: during boot, how does grub decide from which disk to load the grub.config?

2005-03-26 Thread John Lumby
Peter Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 19:30 -0500, John Lumby wrote: What actually determines from which hd* grub will load its grub.config? Grub's device map and the BIOS are really the only parts that matter. What happens is this: 1) you decide to install grub 2) you put

Re: Grub Failure when HDD descriptor changes

2005-03-26 Thread John Lumby
Yoshinori K. Okuji [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The reason why it works in 99.99% is very simple: Even if the device mapping is wrong, GRUB boots up correctly if it is installed into the same drive as stage2. This is because GRUB receives a drive number dynamically at boot time, if it is the same

during boot, how does grub decide from which disk to load the grub.config?

2005-03-19 Thread John Lumby
? What actually determines from which hd* grub will load its grub.config? John ___ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Grub2 Documentation.

2004-08-07 Thread John A. Espinal A.
have been looking for this documentation quite a lot, Any link would be much appreciate it, Thaks in advanced, -- John A. Espinal A. Comware S.A. ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Grub will not let go of my mbr

2004-01-16 Thread John Otingocni
Grub will not get out of my mbr. I've booted with a Win98 boot floppy and executed the fdisk /mbr command and grub still tries to load. I've re-installed win2k and grub still tries to load. I've booted to linux rescue and executed dd if=/dev/zeros of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 and grub still tries

dear friend

2003-09-22 Thread john kyari
Dear Friend, Compliment of the day, I am JOHN KYARI, The son of late General Kubwa Kyari of the Democratic Republic of Congo. My father was a General in the Congolese Army. In his position (My father) with the office of the presidentcy during the regime of Laurent Kabila, he was assigned

Re: [Bug-grub] Grub error 15 after removing partition

2003-08-18 Thread John Dunn
Voila! Thanks much for your help! John --- Jason Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: because you removed a partition you will need to reinstall grub to the mbr. Boot into linux, and use 'grub-install (hd0)', then reboot! your change to grub.conf is still needed. On Sun, Aug 17, 2003

Grub error 15 after removing partition

2003-08-17 Thread John Dunn
. Interestingly enough, when I run grub and try to find fileneame, grub will find files on the / partition, but not on the /boot partition--I get the same Error 15 returned. Can anyone help? Thanks very much! John Relevant information follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /etc/fstab LABEL

Using Grub to boot from a bootable CD?

2003-02-02 Thread John Gay
through the doc's, FAQ's and mailing list, but don't see an answer. Am I missing something obvious? Cheers, John Gay ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Grub build problem

2003-01-02 Thread John Summerfield
I'm not at all sure the script I promised got attached. Here it is. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Join the Linux Support by Small Businesses list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb build-grub

Re: Problem with grub version 0.93

2002-12-19 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 04:04, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: At Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:55:56 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: If this is to help your diagnosis, I will do that. otherwise in this context Grub has no advantage to me over just having the bootrom on floppy. Of course, the former. GRUB

Problem with grub version 0.93

2002-12-18 Thread John Summerfield
@numbat grub-0.93]$ make clean [summer@numbat grub-0.93]$ make CC='gcc -DDEBUG' all [summer@numbat grub-0.93]$ make CC='gcc -DDEBUG' install and recreate the floppy as above. Now, on my serial console I see: -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley

Re: newbie automake/autoconf grief

2002-04-30 Thread John Sutton
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newbie automake/autoconf grief

2002-04-29 Thread John Sutton
: In function `cmain': /usr/src/grub/stage2/stage1_5.c:59: undefined reference to `chain_stage2' *** John Sutton SCL Internet URL http://www.scl.co.uk/ Tel. +44 (0) 1239 711 888

GRUB as linux LOADLIN???

2002-04-25 Thread John Sutton
trying to make GRUB do this? TIA John *** John Sutton SCL Internet URL http://www.scl.co.uk/ Tel. +44 (0) 1239 711 888 *** ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL

Re: menu.lst or grub.conf and attributes

2002-04-24 Thread Kingsly John
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Martin Felker wrote: |Will someone please clear up the issue about whether Red Hat Linux |uses a GRUB configuration file called menu.lst or grub.conf. One is a link to the other so there is only one file! Kingsly ___ Bug-grub

GRUB GRUB GRUB ....

2002-04-11 Thread Kingsly John
Hi! I have been trying to get grub going on my machine for a long time now(since ver 0.5x) ... it works perfectly when I create a grub floppy. But when i install grub to the MBR I only get to see screenfuls of GRUB /dev/hda1 is my /boot and this is what my grub install session looks like...

Re: Need Help on Removing Grub (Again)

2002-04-04 Thread Kingsly John
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, RD Lawrence wrote: |Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer wrote: | | Boot from a dos floppy and: | fdisk /mbr | |Thanks for the suggestion, but we don't have any DOS floppies. Is there a |way that this problem can be fixed *WITHOUT* purchasing an MSDOS 6.x license |from

Re: Removing grub *WITHOUT* using other OS'es. Was: ...RemovingGrub (Again)

2002-04-04 Thread Kingsly John
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, RD Lawrence wrote: |Does anyone know how to safely rewrite MBRs *and* PBRs on linux drives |and partitions using *LINUX* tools? Apart from confusing and |ambiguous documentation, the problem of removing grub seems to be the |number #1 complaint from grub users. The MBR

Re: Removing grub *WITHOUT* using other OS'es. Was: ...RemovingGrub (Again)

2002-04-04 Thread Kingsly John
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Iain Rae wrote: |well, why not install lilo then remove it again (or does it put back |what was there before?) Lilo makes a backup of the mbr or whereever you are installing lilo *if* a backup doesn't already exist. And the -u option in lilo simply re-writes this backup

Re: Removing grub *WITHOUT* using other OS'es. Was: ...RemovingGrub (Again)

2002-04-04 Thread Kingsly John
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Ilguiz Latypov wrote: |On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Kingsly John wrote: | | # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX bs=446 count=1 | |Is c specifier required in the block size parameter (bs=446c)? I think |the default unit size is a block of 512 bytes. c is a multiplier with value 1 so

Re: Grub and IDE CD-RW

2002-01-14 Thread Kingsly John
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Eachcloude Kim wrote: |If I use LILO as boot loader, just adding 'append hdc=ide-scsi' in |lilo.conf and install it is OK. But I want to use GRUB and don't know |how to configure IDE CD-RW in this case!!! in menu.lst ...(or grub.conf as RH likes to call it) you'll find

Re: How do I pass a linux run level through grub?

2002-01-14 Thread Kingsly John
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Mortimore, Jamie [IT] wrote: |Could anyone let me know how to pass a linux run level through grub? A line like this boots to default run-level (3) kernel /bzImage-2.4.9 root=/dev/hda12 This will make it boot into run level 5 kernel /bzImage-2.4.9 root=/dev/hda12 5

Re: Grub support for NetBSD

2001-12-30 Thread John Goerzen
code. -- John ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

Re: ext2 bootable compact flash

2001-12-21 Thread John P. Looney
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Question about using grub on disk image files (as opposed to discs)

2001-12-18 Thread John P. Looney
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Re: Question about using grub on disk image files (as opposed to discs)

2001-12-18 Thread John P. Looney
at this. Are there grub config file examples anywhere ? Thanks for taking an interest in my private pain! John -- ___ John Looney Chief Scientist a n t e f a c t o t: +353 1 8586004 www.antefacto.com f: +353 1 8586014 msg04905/pgp0.pgp

Re: Question about using grub on disk image files (as opposed to discs)

2001-12-18 Thread John P. Looney
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 12:52:48PM +, John P. Looney mentioned: Looks good. But, on booting a box with this flash chip, I got a grub hard disk error of some description. I think it could be that grub is telling init that the root filesystem is on hd1 (which it no longer is, on the target

Grub network booting

2001-12-06 Thread John Whitfield
to BOOTP. How is this information passed using DHCP. I must be overlooking something. Thanks for your help John ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

GRUB

2001-11-20 Thread John Rowan
I recently upgraded my Red Hat Linux to v 7.2. Not knowing what GRUB was I opted to use that loader as Red Hat saw fit to include it in this release. Having done so all is working well except I've lost my ability to access the reference partition on my Compaq Proliant 5000 R's drive array.

Re: Q about runlevels

2001-10-18 Thread Kingsly John
On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Richard Eibrand wrote: |How do I specify to GRUB which runlevel to start at? |I am a new GRUB user, and could not find much usefull info |in the FAQ or the mail archives... For default runlevel... kernel /bzImage-2.4.9 root=/dev/hda12 Custom run level kernel

Re: LILO append comand in GRUB

2001-10-05 Thread Kingsly John
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, roberto farina wrote: |I'm not able to find the right way to do the following simple statement : |append=hdd=ide-scsi Something like this in the corresponding part of your menu.lst title Linux root (hd0,0) kernel /bzImage-2.4.9 root=/dev/hda12 hdd=ide-scsi rant I still

GRUB GRUB GRUB ......

2001-10-01 Thread Kingsly John
Hi! I tried to install grub on my harddisk and I am faced with the word GRUB scrolling all over my screen... It works great of the floppy... and it even boots a kernel from the hard disk! One really weird thing I noticed in the bootsector of my hard disk is that it starts with ëH90lbaLILO

Re: [Bug-grub] GRUB GRUB GRUB ......

2001-10-01 Thread Kingsly John
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Jason Thomas wrote: |make sure you are installing into the boot sector and not one of the |partitions. I am installing into the boot sector... there is stuff like GRUB ^@Geom^@Hard Disk^@Read^@ Error towards the end of the bootsector!! but it starts with ëH90lbaLILO^

Re: Booting CDs with GRUB

2001-09-12 Thread John McCarthy
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Jochen Hoenicke wrote: On Sep 12, John McCarthy wrote: Hi, Is it possible to use GRUB to boot a Standard PC (El Torito) bootable CDROM? I find myself needing boot floppies for every bootable CDROM I have to allow booting the CDROM on systems without BIOS

Re: Booting CDs with GRUB

2001-09-12 Thread John McCarthy
the floppy image from CDROM, which my BIOS is missing). Thanks Anyway, John McC. -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub

GRUB GRUB GRUB error...

2001-04-06 Thread Kingsly John
to the lilo.conf file the problems disappeared. But I couldn't find any equivalent to that for grub. TIA Kingsly .:: Kingsly JohnICQ 14787510 ::. -- .:: Linux 2.4.3 #2 Sun Apr 1 00:02:27 IST 2001 i686

booting

2001-04-05 Thread John Agathangelou
How can i change the defaultO/S for grub? if this is not possible i would like to increase the time that is given to select a different O/S. Chris

uninstall program

2001-03-19 Thread John Ho
Do You know how I can uninstall grub loader from my computer? Thnak you John Ho 3-19-2001

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