Re: [REQUEST]: GRUB2 - As replacement for the Windows BootLoader

2009-05-14 Thread Joey Korkames
Chip Panarchy writes: If not, can we please work on a [PATCH] for GRUB2 to add support for the Windows kernel? Does this work? insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,1) chainloader bootmgr I don't have Vista/2008 so I can't test . . . Perhaps bean's "loadbin" could be extended to support wrapping

Re: Xserve specs

2009-05-14 Thread Chip Panarchy
Indeed I have... Sorry guys, back on topic now. On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Drew Rosen wrote: > > I think you've been swindled by Apple's marketing prowess... > > > > > On May 14, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Chip Panarchy wrote: > >> That's it? >> >> I though that the Xserve's were meant to be really

Re: Xserve specs

2009-05-14 Thread decoder
Hi, D4T from the thread on the Ubuntu forum reported grub svn revision 2063 to work with Xserve 1,1 without problems, using fakebios and the proper kernel options. Have a look here for grub config examples that may work: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7082153&postcount=622 The fak

Re: Xserve specs

2009-05-14 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Chip Panarchy wrote: > That's it? > > I though that the Xserve's were meant to be really powerful... > This message has nothing to do in this list. It's not constructive and just expression of opinion totally irrelevant to the topic. > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:17

Re: Xserve specs

2009-05-14 Thread Drew Rosen
I think you've been swindled by Apple's marketing prowess... On May 14, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Chip Panarchy wrote: That's it? I though that the Xserve's were meant to be really powerful... On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Drew Rosen wrote: Hi Guys. Here's our machines... Let us know if you

Re: Xserve specs

2009-05-14 Thread Chip Panarchy
That's it? I though that the Xserve's were meant to be really powerful... On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Drew Rosen wrote: > > Hi Guys. > Here's our machines... Let us know if you have any more recommendations... > THANK U. > > > Hardware Overview: >   Model Name: Xserve >   Model Identifier:

Xserve specs

2009-05-14 Thread Drew Rosen
Hi Guys. Here's our machines... Let us know if you have any more recommendations... THANK U. Hardware Overview: Model Name: Xserve Model Identifier: Xserve1,1 Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz Number Of Processors: 2 Total Number

Re: latest grub for xserve tests

2009-05-14 Thread decoder
decoder wrote: I've got an Xserve 2,1 to run with grub + a patch that phcoder wrote for me. I think it is in the SVN now though :) I have to correct this: as phcoder just told me on IRC, the patch isn't in SVN yet, but I can provide you the patch: http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/xserve21.p

Re: latest grub for xserve tests

2009-05-14 Thread decoder
You need to provide more information as to what Xserve you run (Model, e.g. Xserve 2,1 you see this in the system information stuff when you boot the OSX cd) and how much memory you have. Various info can be found in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=995704&page=60 I've

latest grub for xserve tests

2009-05-14 Thread Drew Rosen
Hi Everybody. Can someone give a newbie grub person some instructions / links for the latest/best grub to use in an attempt to get a linux OS running well on the Apple Xserve Server MacIntel. Thanks! ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.or

Re: status grub2 port of grub-legasy map command

2009-05-14 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
>> > I'm fine with the change from "const void" to "const char", but we need >> > to remove a preceding comment about void labels. >> It's not that I'm opposed to void in principle. Just using the same >> constructions to do the same things in different files makes code >> easier to learn and port

Re: status grub2 port of grub-legasy map command

2009-05-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 17:01 +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were opposed to the patch. I assumed > > that you just wanted to make some improvements. Nobody was against the > > drivemap command

Re: status grub2 port of grub-legasy map command

2009-05-14 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 08:49 +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> Hello, I had two clear oppositions which weren't resolved. I don't >> believe that merge patches screwing up the pendin oppositions is a >> good practice. The oppositio

Re: status grub2 port of grub-legasy map command

2009-05-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 08:53 +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > > Some messages have been clarified. In particularly, biosdisk is called > > osdisk now, as it's what the OS sees. I was thinking of "payload" or > > "loadee" as more generic terms, but it can be confusing to the users. >

Re: status grub2 port of grub-legasy map command

2009-05-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 08:49 +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Hello, I had two clear oppositions which weren't resolved. I don't > believe that merge patches screwing up the pendin oppositions is a > good practice. The opposition about declaration is based on another > handlers how it i

Re: How to boot a USB drive from a CD ?

2009-05-14 Thread Chip Panarchy
Seems to be what you want; http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/843532.html On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Serge Noiraud wrote: > Hi, > > My problem is exactly like below : > > I plug a usb device on a bootable usb machine. > The BIOS see 4 disks on the usb drive ( LUNs ) >

How to boot a USB drive from a CD ?

2009-05-14 Thread Serge Noiraud
Hi, My problem is exactly like below : I plug a usb device on a bootable usb machine. The BIOS see 4 disks on the usb drive ( LUNs ) The first one is a linux distribution. The second one is another linux distribution. The third is a XP and the fourth is Vista. When I select one of them with the