From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1GZ8Q5-0006xG-RK for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:00:57 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GZ8Q3-0006wM-Il for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:00:56 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GZ8Q0-0006u6-GW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:00:53 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GZ8Pz-0006to-Un for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:00:52 -0400 Received: from [80.190.231.112] (helo=khepri.openbios.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GZ8Yv-0006id-4w for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:10:05 -0400 Received: from stepan by khepri.openbios.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GZ8Pv-0004HS-Jw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:00:47 +0200 Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:00:47 +0200 From: Stefan Reinauer To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20061015160047.GB15209@coresystems.de> References: <200610151651.32868.okuji@enbug.org> <20061015153104.GA12994@coresystems.de> <45325591.6030909@gmail.com> <1241.24.146.17.108.1160926875.squirrel@mail.blastwave.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1241.24.146.17.108.1160926875.squirrel@mail.blastwave.org> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.18-rc5-1.5-default on an x86_64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: GRUB 1.95 is released 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: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:00:56 -0000 * Dennis Clarke [061015 17:41]: > > It was already discussed plenty of times and the answer is that with > > BIOS it's impossible to guess the linux's names, so it would just > > confuse the users > > Or it may be Solaris or OS/2 Warp or some OS not yet released. I enjoy the amusement my suggestion obviously provoked. Indeed we could become philosophical and find out that the device naming in the above mentioned might be less broken than the linux naming scheme. But that was evidently not my point when writing the original email. The amusement is on my side in that the original point is turned a blind eye. Stefan -- coresystems GmbH • Brahmsstr. 16 • D-79104 Freiburg i. Br. Tel.: +49 761 7668825 • Fax: +49 761 7664613 Email: info@coresystems.de • http://www.coresystems.de/