Re: Trouble booting CF card in PCMCIA port from GRUB2

2009-04-21 Thread ebik
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:58:37 +0200 Stephan Henningsen wrote: >[...] > no working USB flash or PCMCIA CF boot support from BIOS, >[...] > The PCMCIA slot or the card in it isn't shown! This coincides, the PCMCIA slot can be shown only if BIOS has support for it, because AFAIK grub2 does not (yet?

Re: [PATCH] Split #2: parser/reader separation

2009-04-21 Thread Bean
Hi, ping ? On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Bean wrote: > Hi, > > This patch moves the parser from normal.mod to script/sh, it also > split rescue mode to rescue_reader and rescue_parser. > > dynamic command support and auto fs loader is moved to standalone > source file normal/dyncmd.c and nor

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Peter Cros
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Vladimir Serbinenko wrote: > About compatibiliy: hybrid MBR is against specifications - it's a trick to > boot legacy OS. So the only compatibility you can speak about is the ability > to boot a legacy OS of your choice. > >> That is exactly what I was referring to

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Vladimir Serbinenko
HFS autodetect added. With changelog this time. Should already be suitable for inclusion On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:03 AM, Vladimir Serbinenko wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Isaac Dupree < > m...@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> wrote: > >> Peter Cros wrote: >> > I don't think it is co

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Vladimir Serbinenko
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Isaac Dupree < m...@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> wrote: > Peter Cros wrote: > > I don't think it is compatible with current MBR/GPT hybrid ?partitioning > on > > intel macs for grub-pc booting. > > well, it doesn't necessarily order the partitions in the same way a

Re: [PATCH] FreeBSD 64-bit kernel support

2009-04-21 Thread Vladimir Serbinenko
Hello, here is the version with changelog, fix for freebsd_module and licencing corrections. If nobody objects I'll commit it soon Enjoy On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Bean wrote: > Hi, > > This patch allows you to load amd64 freebsd kernel directly, here is an > example: > > set root=(hd0,1,

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Isaac Dupree
Peter Cros wrote: > I don't think it is compatible with current MBR/GPT hybrid ?partitioning on > intel macs for grub-pc booting. well, it doesn't necessarily order the partitions in the same way as e.g. rEFIt gptsync does, but that's because this GRUB implementation gives you more control! You

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Peter Cros
There appears to be a small bug there. For example - gptsync (hd0) 4 2 3 will write data for GPT partition 4 2 3 to MBR partition table 2 3 4 but also GPT partition 1 to MBR partition 1 (which is actually what happens now for intel mac.) And similarly for other selections will write the next lower

Re: Framebuffer/vbe separation

2009-04-21 Thread Vesa Jääskeläinen
Vladimir Serbinenko wrote: > Hello, currently vbe module contains all the framebuffer functions which are > actually adapter-independent and I think more adapters can be implementing > by providing a function which sets mode and framebuffer. Additionally it > provides an interface to retrieve frame

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Vladimir Serbinenko
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Peter Cros wrote: > Hi, > > I have been playing with grub gptsync, on apple intel mac with GUID > partitioned 8 GB usb stick, 8 partitions. #1 is the standard fat32 EFI > system part for macs. > > I am comparing with the gptsync utility from linux, or rEFIt gptsyn

Re: Getting the silent=splash to work?

2009-04-21 Thread BandiPat
Felix Zielcke wrote: Am Montag, den 20.04.2009, 16:53 -0400 schrieb BandiPat: Ok, grub2 devs, I can't figure this out. The splash screen that covers the scrolling text when booting up, no longer works! I've tried several different things, but have not run across a solution yet. What's the t

Re: [PATCH] gptsync

2009-04-21 Thread Peter Cros
Hi, I have been playing with grub gptsync, on apple intel mac with GUID partitioned 8 GB usb stick, 8 partitions. #1 is the standard fat32 EFI system part for macs. I am comparing with the gptsync utility from linux, or rEFIt gptsync, currently used for macs booting pc-bios bootloader. It is wor

Re: [PATCH]: grub: Partitions can start at zero.

2009-04-21 Thread David Miller
From: Vladimir Serbinenko Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:53:35 +0200 > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:30 AM, David Miller wrote: > >> >> With Sun partitions, individual partitions can start at disk >> address zero. That's right, zero. >> >> This works because UFS and EXT{2,3,4} superblocks are offset >>