From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JHbjk-0004jU-T1 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:17:36 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JHbjj-0004jA-2f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:17:35 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JHbjh-0004it-G6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:17:34 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JHbjh-0004iq-Cp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:17:33 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JHbjd-0000Rx-H3; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:17:29 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JHbjb-0004qP-0D; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:17:28 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JHbhv-0008T7-AM; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:15:43 +0100 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:15:43 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: Pavel Roskin Message-ID: <20080123091543.GC31675@thorin> References: <20080121165209.GA2557@thorin> <1200937626.4686.17.camel@dv> <20080121210641.GC15119@thorin> <1200967864.32578.52.camel@dv> <20080122140251.GB11484@thorin> <20080122095543.tou1iwfz5woc08c4@webmail.spamcop.net> <20080122151701.GB13487@thorin> <20080123025100.kom2z5wm2o0okk40@webmail.spamcop.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080123025100.kom2z5wm2o0okk40@webmail.spamcop.net> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: The development of GRUB 2 Subject: Re: [PATCH] memdisk + grub-mkrescue 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, 23 Jan 2008 09:17:35 -0000 On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 02:51:00AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > I think I'll submit a patch that introduces the gap between the core > end and the modules. It's better that nothing. There was a gap > before, just much bigger. Ah, we had this before? You mean before Hollis removed it, right? > >In the future we could add --image-type= options for other platforms > >like i386-pc does with floppy/cdrom ? > > My Mac has no floppy, but if qemu emulates it correctly, I could try it. > > I understand that PREP need some "boot image" that needs to be put on > the CD, so that's another possible image type. What I mean is that we have things like --image-type=prep|whatever. Although maybe it is confusing.. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)