From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JKby6-0004nI-Oq for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:08:50 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKby5-0004mH-L9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:08:49 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKby5-0004lf-1r for Grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:08:49 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKby4-0004lZ-LC for Grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:08:48 -0500 Received: from smtp.prismnet.com ([209.198.128.91]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKby4-00043k-DC for Grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:08:48 -0500 Received: from hrnowl.io.com (206-224-83-42-dialup.io.com [206.224.83.42]) by smtp.prismnet.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m0VG8CIY091802 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:08:17 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from pelliott@io.com) Received: from hrnowl.io.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hrnowl.io.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id m0VG868D007004 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:08:06 -0600 Received: (from pelliott@localhost) by hrnowl.io.com (8.13.8/8.12.6/Submit) id m0VG86Pk007003 for Grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:08:06 -0600 Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:08:05 -0600 From: Paul Elliott To: Grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20080131160805.GA6114@io.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.91.2, clamav-milter version 0.91.2 on smtp.prismnet.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) Cc: Subject: Does grub2 solve this problem I am having with grub1? RE: usbsticks. 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 16:08:49 -0000 --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am having this problem with grub1 and I wonder if grub2 solves it. The problem is at the time I setup the grub system I do not know what device my usbstick will be on. To be explicit I am writting menu.lst for a grub booter on a usbstick and I do not know what to put for X in the following statement: root (hdX,0) The usb stick will be used on many different computers with different number of hard drives. Therefore X actually varries. Is there a solution for this in grub2? That is in writting the equivalent of menu.lst for grub2, is there a way to specify "the device that my menu.lst and my stage files are on" without knowing in advance where that will be? If so, how would one do this in grub2? --=20 Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott@io.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHofJliv9zpDRc3ZkRAhB+AKCVXSGqcf63BX+vq5Bxc7aRd39hVACgotXE 3rlQA98cah4REm+Yp/1iFKg= =/005 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn--