From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LoRoT-0000EO-Aa for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:26:45 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LoRoR-0000CX-Mg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:26:43 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LoRoN-0000Ai-0m for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:26:43 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47582 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LoRoM-0000Ad-Rk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:26:38 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:41506) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LoRoM-0007Kg-Fg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:26:38 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 30 Mar 2009 20:26:37 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 00CC234C6A; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:27:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20090328133838.GA26298@nubol.oskuro.net> References: <1236620234.16943.20.camel@mj> <20090323032339.GA27423@nubol.oskuro.net> <1237822796.23341.11.camel@mj> <20090328133838.GA26298@nubol.oskuro.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:26:35 -0400 Message-Id: <1238459195.6004.56.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.5 (2.24.5-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: daenzer@debian.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use hfs case ordering - another try 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: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:26:44 -0000 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! -- Regards, Pavel Roskin