From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
To: Fabian Greffrath <greffrath@leat.rub.de>
Cc: grub-devel@gnu.org, Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org>,
461442@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#461442: please add support for os-prober to detect other OSes in update-grub
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:21:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080125132144.GA5142@thorin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4799AE42.8010603@leat.rub.de>
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:39:14AM +0100, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Otavio Salvador schrieb:
> >os-prober is developed inside Debian Installer team.
> >
> >I think it's two different but reports and then it would be nice to
> >report a specific bug (maybe with a proposed patch) for os-prober to
> >provide what you'd need and then we can push it.
>
> I believe the issue is even easier to solve. I simply need to run
> 'linux-boot-prober' (in the same package as os-prober, it seems I am
> blinded) on the partition for which the 'linux' boot keyword is reported
> and interpret it's output. Expect more work on this next week. I am
> sorry I cannot test my script drafts, because I have no other *nix
> besides Debian on my machine (the first of The Ten Commandments). ;)
You could try with qemu.
--
Robert Millan
<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-25 13:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-24 12:25 please add support for os-prober to detect other OSes in update-grub Fabian Greffrath
2008-01-24 15:47 ` Bug#461442: " Otavio Salvador
2008-01-25 9:39 ` Fabian Greffrath
2008-01-25 13:21 ` Robert Millan [this message]
2008-01-30 10:48 ` Fabian Greffrath
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