From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1BY3w2-0002NX-Bj for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:20:10 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BY3w0-0002NO-5O for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:20:08 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BY3vy-0002N6-MP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:20:07 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BY3vy-0002N3-K2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:20:06 -0400 Received: from [212.43.237.68] (helo=kotoba.storever.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BY3um-0002BN-G8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:18:52 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by kotoba.storever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A2A515F57440 for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 10:18:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:22:40 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <20040601121704.GA4680@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <200406091512.58250.okuji@enbug.org> <87zn7ckfae.wl@pc-jeroen.dekkers.cx> In-Reply-To: <87zn7ckfae.wl@pc-jeroen.dekkers.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200406091622.40030.okuji@enbug.org> Subject: Re: normal vs. rescue mode commands X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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, 09 Jun 2004 14:20:08 -0000 On Wednesday 09 June 2004 15:54, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > Well, as we've seen, JPEG is also patented. Does it affect the usage of JPEG in GNU? If so, let RMS know it, please. > The problem of patents is > that there are so many and most of them are very broad. But enough > about this. I hope that we can stop this nonsense becoming reality in > Europe. Only in EU. And, this war never end even in EU, until stupid patent laws are legalized. In US and Japan, I see no hope for now. > I still think the 8.3 limitations for filenames is awkward. Yes. I agree. > Certainly > because most people won't be using fat as their booting > partition. I don't agree. You think so, because you don't use embedded systems. I know many people use FAT when they use flash memory devices such as compact flash and DiskOnChip. > And the files of GRUB Legacy don't fit 8.3 either. All the essential files fit: stage1 -> 5 + 0 stage2 -> 5 + 0 menu.lst -> 4 + 3 Okuji