From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LyIBa-00074w-NG for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:11:18 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LyIBZ-00074r-Kk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:11:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LyIBU-00074c-8e for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:11:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40069 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LyIBT-00074Z-Vh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:11:12 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:63960) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LyIBT-00024d-Gt for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:11:11 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 27 Apr 2009 00:11:10 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.220] (c-69-141-194-35.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [69.141.194.35]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C08B734C6A for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:08:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <49F4BD05.1080908@highend-digital.biz> References: <49F4BD05.1080908@highend-digital.biz> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:11:02 -0400 Message-Id: <1240805462.4158.1.camel@ct> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.5 (2.24.5-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: conditional boot and others 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: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:11:17 -0000 On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 21:59 +0200, Highend-Digital Support wrote: > Hi, > > we have booting problems which we hope to overcome using grub2. > Before we dig deeper into grub2-documentation, can we get some very > brief answers to the following questions: > > 1) Is it possible to configure a conditional boot as described below: > > if (specific-usb-device is present) > boot specific-usb-device > else > boot some-default-device I haven't had any success with the USB code, but it's present and may work for you. It's also possible that BIOS will detect it as a hard drive. You can use the "search" command to look for devices. It's possible to use the if-then-else-fi construct with the shell-like syntax. > If yes, than 2) > In what developing state is grub2 ? > Can it already be used for a 'normal PC'? > (one known hardware only) PC support has always been there in GRUB 2. > Last not least there is question 3: > Is there a compatibility mode to process menu.lst files from the > currently used version? No, there is no compatibility mode at all. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin