OKUJI Yoshinori wrote:
> Another crazy way is to implement Parted as a GRUB module, so GRUB
> reinstalls itself when the user modifies the stage. Isn't that cool?
Definitely, WRONG, but cool none the less :-)
What functionality would GRUB be able to provide Parted? (in terms
of a replacement f
From: Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice for GRUB + GNU Parted users
Date: 28 Jan 2000 12:10:18 -0600
> If you want to make parted really smart, then it can understand GRUB's
> blocklist layout, and figure out if those blocks will be affected by
> a gi
> Andrew Clausen writes:
AC> I see. So GRUB should be reinstalled if the file system with
AC> stage1.5 is modified (i.e. resized, moved, converted, etc.)
More technically, GRUB must be reinstalled if the file containing the
stage following stage1 (stage1.5 or stage2, as the case may be) i
OKUJI Yoshinori wrote:
> > Could it be stored, say, on a file system?
> Yes.
> > What would the effect
> > of changing the file system be?
>
> The stage1 (which loads stage1.5 or stage2) doesn't understand any
> filesystem, so any change of a filesystem makes no effect. But if the
> physica
From: Andrew Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice for GRUB + GNU Parted users
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:47:04 +1100
> Could it be stored, say, on a file system?
Yes.
> What would the effect
> of changing the file system be?
The stage1 (which loads stage1.5 or
OKUJI Yoshinori wrote:
> > I understand. LILO is equivalent to stage1 + stage2.
>
> No! LILO is very different from GRUB.
Sorry :-)
> LILO never understand your filesystem.
> LILO never allow you to specify kernel arguments
> dynamically. LILO cannot boot *BSD. And so on.
> Please don't comp
From: Andrew Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice for GRUB + GNU Parted users
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:46:59 +1100
> I understand. LILO is equivalent to stage1 + stage2.
No! LILO is very different from GRUB. LILO never understand your
filesystem. LILO never allow you t
OKUJI Yoshinori wrote:
> First, I'd like to explain some technical information about
> GRUB. GRUB consists of three parts (or called "stage"). The first one
> is called "stage1" and can be embedded in the boot sector of a FDD, a
> HDD, or a partition. The stage1 is the bootstrap program but it j
From: Andrew Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Advice for GRUB + GNU Parted users
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:05:26 +1100
> GNU Parted is a program for creating/copying/resizing/etc.
> partitions. Could you please give us some advice on
> what users should do (if anything) if
Hi grub hackers,
GNU Parted is a program for creating/copying/resizing/etc.
partitions. Could you please give us some advice on
what users should do (if anything) if they are using GRUB,
and modify their partitions (and partition table) with
Parted?
Thanks!
Andrew Clausen
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