From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LPfqh-0004ox-I1 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:22:39 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LPfqg-0004oi-0N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:22:38 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LPfqb-0004oN-Kv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:22:36 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51950 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LPfqb-0004oK-D0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:22:33 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:58792) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LPfqb-0007t1-2s for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:22:33 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 21 Jan 2009 11:22:31 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 839C534C6A for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:36:13 -0500 (EST) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <200901212054.02294.bakshi12@gmail.com> References: <200901212054.02294.bakshi12@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:22:28 -0500 Message-Id: <1232554948.16563.3.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.3 (2.24.3-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: present stage of grub2 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: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:22:38 -0000 On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 20:54 +0530, J.Bakshi wrote: > Dear all, > > What is the present stage of grub2 ? can it be used now to get all the fancy > screen etc ? I have seen the ubuntu is using the grub2 excellently ? IS it > possible to get the same in debian lenny with out any patch ? kindly > enlighten me and please suggest me where can I get in depth documentation om > grub2. There have been recent changes affecting the "fancy screen", specifically font support, so you may want to try the current version from the subversion repository, if that's what you are interested in. There is some documentation for grub2 at http://grub.enbug.org/ It's not much, so if you have any specific questions, please check mailing list archives or ask in this list. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin