From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1ME825-0001mz-Or for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:34:57 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ME823-0001mj-Ul for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:34:55 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ME81y-0001ly-K1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:34:54 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57598 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ME81y-0001lv-An for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:34:50 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:55950) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ME81x-0004Cu-Ti for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:34:50 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 09 Jun 2009 16:34:48 -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 7E10434C6A for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:39:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <1244578916.3477.17.camel@fz.local> References: <1244389079.3791.7.camel@fz.local> <1244390152.27559.13.camel@mj> <1244578916.3477.17.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:34:46 -0400 Message-Id: <1244579686.4420.11.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.2 (2.26.2-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] add drivemap support to 30_os-prober.in and use UUIDs 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, 09 Jun 2009 20:34:56 -0000 On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 22:21 +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > os-prober currently prints `chain' on FreeDOS, QNX4, Windows, MS-DOS, > Solaris, Minix and Dell Utility Partition > Solaris probable won't need it but for Minix and QNX4 (I don't even know > what this is) I don't know. > FreeDOS probable needs it too or not? FreeDOS 1.0 still needs drivemap. Dell Utility Partition is MS DOS based, so I think it needs drivemap too. > So better just use it always and if someone says it can't boot because > of drivemap we can change it for that OS. That's exactly my suggestion. Even we check that a certain version of, say, QNX is fine without drivemap, some older version may need it, and somebody may have that version. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin