Re: GRUB and network (was Re: GRUB and Google Summer of Code)

2010-04-01 Thread Isaac Dupree
On 04/01/10 16:59, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: There is already some crypto imported for password support so adding enough to have SSL would hopefully not be too difficult. Not true. Although we have ciphers and hashes we don't have either asymetric algorithms or random generat

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > >> - Is it possible to declare the whole iso for hard-disk emulation for >> providing emulating image for buggy BIOSes >> > > libisofs.h describes type ELTORITO_HARD_DISC_EMUL > with API call iso_image_set_boot_i

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > - Is it possible to declare the whole iso for hard-disk emulation for > providing emulating image for buggy BIOSes libisofs.h describes type ELTORITO_HARD_DISC_EMUL with API call iso_image_set_boot_image(). http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Elibburni

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Drake Donahue
On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 22:43 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Drake Donahue wrote: > > Attached is a script I use to make a legacy grub booting cd that > > provides an alternate way to boot the system it was built on. > > [...] > > mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot -boot-

GRUB and network (Re: GRUB and Google Summer of Code)

2010-04-01 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Alex Zanetti de Lima wrote: > We discussed that with Vladimir, who pointed out the following drawbacks: > 1) Current implementation was BOOTP/TFTP only. No support for other protocols. > 2) Almost no shared code between architectures. > 3) 100% dependent on OFW. > > And it messed up with memory

GRUB and network (was Re: GRUB and Google Summer of Code)

2010-04-01 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
First of all please change subject line when topic changes Michal Suchanek wrote: >> > > I would be interested in the x86 port and something like telnet and/or > VNC terminal for Grub or at least reading configuration from the > network. The problem is that for this grub has to be a server. F

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Thomas Schmitt wrote: >>> mkisofs -V "$volid" -o xxx.iso -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito >>> -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table somedir >>> > > Is that GRUB2 or GRUB-Legacy ? > (I'd like to support both. But GRUB2 is of > course first goal.) > GRUB Legacy isn't developed

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Do i get it right that there are two > boot files: > - eltorito.img for CD > - ${embed_img} for MBR style booting > > Yes > I don't see the -no-emul-boot option, though. > Are you sure it is effectively used ? > In grub-mkisofs: { {"no-emul-boot", no_argument

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Drake Donahue wrote: > Attached is a script I use to make a legacy grub booting cd that > provides an alternate way to boot the system it was built on. > [...] > mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 > -boot-info-table -o grub.iso iso This resembles a reply

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > GRUB2 iso generated with grub-mkrescue is a bit special: it can be boot > as either CD, HDD or floppy. For CD boot it follows El Torito no > emulation boot. Ahum ... grub-1.98/util/grub-mkrescue.in : iso_uuid=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S-00) grub_mkisofs_arguments="${grub_mkisofs_argument

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Drake Donahue
On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 19:59 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > > Your question is how to make a cd with grub on it ? > > Yes. > > GNU xorriso is like cdrtools + growisofs in > one single binary. > My question about GRUB on CD shall improve the > mkisofs-like aspect of xorriso. I am able to >

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
> Hi, > > i would like to learn how GNU xorriso can make > use of GRUB. > > Are there any specs available, or an example > of a GRUB enhanced ISO 9660 image that boots > from CD on PC BIOSes ? > =20 GRUB2 iso generated with grub-mkrescue is a bit special: it can be boot as either CD, HDD or floppy

How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > Your question is how to make a cd with grub on it ? Yes. GNU xorriso is like cdrtools + growisofs in one single binary. My question about GRUB on CD shall improve the mkisofs-like aspect of xorriso. I am able to influence ISO image production in any detail. But i need instructions how to p

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Frombenny
Your question is how to make a cd with grub on it ? Or a way to boot an iso from grub ? If it's the second question, I made this page for the ubuntu doc in French : http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/tutoriel/grub2_lancer_des_images_iso#versions_karmic With an entry for Ubuntu (for an iso located in a

Re: GRUB and Google Summer of Code

2010-04-01 Thread Michal Suchanek
On 30 March 2010 20:46, Alex Zanetti de Lima wrote: > On Tue 30 Mar 2010 (14:26) Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko said >> Michal Suchanek wrote: >> > 2010/3/29 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko : >> >> -Some other hardware which may contain something bootable. We will >> >> probably have

How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i would like to learn how GNU xorriso can make use of GRUB. Are there any specs available, or an example of a GRUB enhanced ISO 9660 image that boots from CD on PC BIOSes ? I know about ECMA-119 (ISO 9660) and El Torito CD booting specs, but few about GRUB. In january 2010 Robert Millan an