Re: [PATCH] Use hfs case ordering - another try

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 14:38 +0100, Jordi Mallach wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:39:56AM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > Please realize that the hfs fix is just a part of what needs to be done.
> > 
> > For GRUB to be a drop-in replacement for yaboot (at least on Fedora),
> > the installation script should be able to understand the layout where
> > only few files are located on the true boot partition (in hfs format,
> > perhaps not mounted), whereas most GRUB files and kernels are placed on
> > a "second boot partition" in ext2 format mounted under /boot.
> 
> I agree that grub-install and the other tools should know more about
> /boot/grub being a separate partition in order to be able to mount it for a
> correct install. Not so much on the two boostrap partitions, my tiny one
> as generated by the Debian installer ages ago is good enough to hold a
> copy of GRUB and a "just in case" copy of yaboot. But of course, this could
> be an optional setup.
> 
> /dev/hda2             974K  697K  278K  72% /boot/grub

It's OK for GRUB, but it's not big enough to hold kernels.  Also,
distributions may be reluctant to break the assumption that the kernels
are located on a filesystem with POSIX access control and three kinds of
timestamps.

> See Michel Dänzer's post I just forwarded. Besides what you pointed out,
> it seems there are other serious problems with the new HFS patch which
> make it fail as before.

My bad.  Fixed now.  Thank you!

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin