From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JQjeT-0007x3-Vs for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:33:54 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQjeR-0007vD-Ry for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:33:52 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQjeN-0007rj-U6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:33:49 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQjeN-0007rY-Lk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:33:47 -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 1JQjeN-0003tl-3M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:33:47 -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 1JQje4-00031g-2m for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:33:28 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JQjbn-00044e-60 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:31:07 +0100 Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:31:07 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080217133107.GA15576@thorin> References: <47ACA35C.6080803@t-online.de> <20080208231411.GC17287@thorin> <47ACE69B.7070101@t-online.de> <47ADDD07.3080203@t-online.de> <20080209215923.GA25086@thorin> <1202598270.2418.6.camel@dv> <47AEFF8C.6090505@t-online.de> <20080210151412.GA7404@thorin> <47B61311.90005@t-online.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <47B61311.90005@t-online.de> 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: [PATCH] Create floppy emulation boot CD with grub-mkimage 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: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:33:52 -0000 On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:32:49PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote: > > > >I don't think it is really practical to support USB drives in > >grub-mkrescue. > >You'd have to require root permissions, which IMO beats the point of having > >a separate script from grub-install in first place. > > It may be useful to create small rescue images which can be later put on > USB key with dd. > (BTW: The "floppy" image actually boots from USB at least on one of my > PC. It appears as hd0). Yes, but how different would those be from floppy output? As you point out, floppy images work as well. Besides, dd'ing a grub image to that stick would render the rest of the device useless for filesystem data. > The patch also adds a --joliet option, useful to access the long file > names on Windows (which has no RR support). Is there any drawback in using --joliet ? If not, I think it's better to do it by default to avoid "option creep". -- 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 /.)