Re: Conditional Statement in Grub 2

["Antonio Dupont \(Moose Factory\)" <antonio@moosefactory.com>]

Thanks for the reply Gregg.  I think 0.97 is the path I will explore 
further.  One last question.  Do you know where the legacy archives are.  I 
couldn't find them.

Regards,  Antonio
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregg Levine" <gregg.drwho8@gmail.com>
To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Conditional Statement in Grub 2


> On Jan 2, 2008 8:11 PM, Antonio Dupont <antonio@moosefactory.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I apologize if this is the wrong list, but this is the list I have found
>> through my searches.  Please tell me where to go if this is not the 
>> proper place.
>>
>> I would like to have grub do a conditional statement similar to this:
>>
>> if file_name on /dev/cdrom matches file_name on /dev/sda1 (USB device) 
>> then
>> boot Linux else boot Windows
>>
>> I've search through the Grub site and see there is some support for 
>> scripting,
>> but I don't know how developed it is and if it can do what I'm asking. At 
>> the
>> boot loader stage can it even see the cdrom or USB?
>>
>> I also saw in the older Grub archives ....
>>
>> "For scripting support, there are a lot of uses.  For example booting a
>> specific OS depending on the time.  Some people requested that.  If
>> you look in the pupa-devel archives, you can find the examples Okuji
>> gave."
>>
>> But, I can't find the pupa-devel archives, they seem to be off-line.
>>
>> I'm using CentOS 5.0 and if I can do it with Grub 0.97 that comes with 
>> the
>> distro that would be great.  I can also upgrade if needed.
>>
>> Any comments or direction would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>>
>> Antonio
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Hello!
> This is for the GRUB2 development efforts. Ideally you'd want the one
> for Grub-Legacy. Oh and if your release of GRUB-0.97 was patched by
> the Centos builders in some way we'll be able to advise you of course,
> but your advised to bring the matter to them.
> -- 
> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com
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