From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JKcjq-0003eV-4t for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:58:10 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKcjo-0003eE-9G for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:58:08 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKcjj-0003dc-Qc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:58:07 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKcjj-0003dZ-Jg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:58:03 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKcjj-0007U9-BU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:58:03 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 31 Jan 2008 11:58:02 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E900A619058; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:58:01 -0500 (EST) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20080131160805.GA6114@io.com> References: <20080131160805.GA6114@io.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:58:01 -0500 Message-Id: <1201798681.14129.2.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-1.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: Paul Elliott Subject: Re: Does grub2 solve this problem I am having with grub1? RE: usbsticks. X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:58:08 -0000 On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:08 -0600, Paul Elliott wrote: > Is there a solution for this in grub2? That is in writting > the equivalent of menu.lst for grub2, is there a way to > specify "the device that my menu.lst and my stage files > are on" without knowing in advance where that will be? > > If so, how would one do this in grub2? I think that device will be in the root variable. You'll just need to use paths without the device name, e.g. linux /boot/vmlinuz initrd /boot/initrd.img -- Regards, Pavel Roskin