From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1GubDF-0006IZ-F3 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:00:25 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GubDC-0006Gx-II for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:00:22 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GubD9-0006Ed-HJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:00:20 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GubD8-0006EN-NC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:00:18 -0500 Received: from [212.85.152.101] (helo=kotoba.storever.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GubD7-0002to-G9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:00:17 -0500 Received: from kotoba.oasis.nexedi.com (kotoba.oasis.nexedi.com [212.85.152.101]) by kotoba.storever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F40763CD0BB38 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:57:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from [??1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kotoba.storever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE42E3CD0BB34 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:57:51 +0100 (CET) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:00:15 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20061204144520.GL3690@schottelius.org> <200612122346.23678.okuji@enbug.org> <457FB665.3050305@lockie.ca> In-Reply-To: <457FB665.3050305@lockie.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200612132200.15609.okuji@enbug.org> X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.483181, version=0.17.2 Subject: Re: disk vs partition numbering 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: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:00:23 -0000 On Wednesday 13 December 2006 09:14, James Lockie wrote: > I take that back, software should work without having to read the > manual, grub legacy was NOT like that for me. Exactly. It is ideal that one can use software without reading a manual appropriately. The reality is different, but we should make effort to get closer to this goal. > Maybe grub should use the way of designating a disk/partition in the > same way as what OS it is running on? > Yes, being different for each OS. :-) Unfortunately, this would cause strange behaviors. For example, suppose that you have installed GRUB into a floppy or CD-R. When you bring it to another computer, how should GRUB behave? Mimic the operating system on which GRUB was installed? Mimic the operating system the user is trying to boot? If you have multiple operating systems installed, which one??? Okuji