Re: linux-boot-prober (os-prober)

2006-12-20 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 14:52, The Abattoir wrote: > Ok, here's the patch. I haven't done this before, so tell me if i've > done something wrong(or even right, for that matter). BTW, please submit patches to the BTS against the correct package. patches that are only sent to the mailing list h

Re: linux-boot-prober (os-prober)

2006-12-19 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 14:52, The Abattoir wrote: > Ok, here's the patch. I haven't done this before, so tell me if i've > done something wrong(or even right, for that matter). I see a few problems with the patch after a fairly quick look. - if mount -o ro -t $type $partition $tmpmnt 2

Re: linux-boot-prober (os-prober)

2006-12-19 Thread The Abattoir
Ok, here's the patch. I haven't done this before, so tell me if i've done something wrong(or even right, for that matter). Thanks a lot On 12/18/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Abattoir wrote: > I'm working on something where it'd be useful to detect existing > (linux) operating sy

Re: linux-boot-prober (os-prober)

2006-12-18 Thread Joey Hess
The Abattoir wrote: > I'm working on something where it'd be useful to detect existing > (linux) operating systems using os-prober/linux-boot-prober. It looks > like linux-boot-prober unmounts a partition( when --mounted is used) > and remounts them. Is there a reason why it needs to remount a > pa

linux-boot-prober (os-prober)

2006-12-18 Thread The Abattoir
Hello I'm working on something where it'd be useful to detect existing (linux) operating systems using os-prober/linux-boot-prober. It looks like linux-boot-prober unmounts a partition( when --mounted is used) and remounts them. Is there a reason why it needs to remount a partition under '/var/li