From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JKX1C-0003NN-KD for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:51:42 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKX19-0003MK-Ph for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:51:39 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKX14-0003K6-Kp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:51:38 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKX14-0003Jq-Bv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:51:34 -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 1JKX14-0001K0-7n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:51:34 -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 1JKX0t-0005yR-Vz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:51:24 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JKWyx-0002u0-Q1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:49:23 +0100 Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:49:23 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080131104923.GB10889@thorin> References: <1201731230.15073.45.camel@solid.paris.klabs.be> <20080130222921.GC7679@thorin> <1201736725.15073.70.camel@solid.paris.klabs.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1201736725.15073.70.camel@solid.paris.klabs.be> 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. Subject: Re: Questions for writing manpages 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: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:51:40 -0000 On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:45:25AM +0100, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > > ** How would you define the "rescue" mode ? In what situation > > > can it be useful to the user ? > > > > Only when something breaks. For example, when GRUB can't load normal.mod > > (and its associated modules), it dumps you to rescue mode. > I'll try to simulate that. Simply skip loading of an essential module in core.img, like the partmap or fs modules for accessing /boot/grub. -- 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 /.)