From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfxk-0005Vg-VB for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:05 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfxh-0005Uq-AA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:01 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfxg-0005UB-EN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:00 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfxg-0005U2-8M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:00 -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 1JUfxf-0006V7-Tf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:00 -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 1JUfxe-0007Ea-Pd for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:25:59 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JUfw0-0000KB-1K for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:24:16 +0100 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:24:16 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080228102416.GF350@thorin> References: <20080224152927.GE25984@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: 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: Anyone using the new aout support? 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, 28 Feb 2008 10:26:01 -0000 On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 04:15:32PM -0800, walt wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > >On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 05:44:28PM -0800, walt wrote: > >>Bean wrote: > >>>On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:29 AM, walt wrote: > >>>>I just built grub2 from cvs to try all of Bean's wonderful work > >>>> with BSD/UFS and aout. I added no patches, and built on linux. > >>>> > >>>> Everything seems to work very well indeed, except that the 'aout' > >>>> command is still not available to me at the grub2 shell prompt. > >>>>... > >> > >>>Unlike the first version, aout is not a standalone command now, it's > >>>just some helper function used by the bsd and multiboot module. > >>Yes, thanks! I can use 'freebsd /boot/loader' now, and also the more > >>modern 'freebsd /boot/kernel/kernel' to load the kernel directly. > >> > >>Most excellent work, Bean, and thanks again. > > > >Btw, if you feel like it, you could write the missing add-on script so that > >update-grub works (i.e. like 10_linux, 10_hurd, etc). > > Hm. Bean hasn't replied, so maybe you were talking to me? I was, but anyone is welcome to implement it. > I'm not > opposed to trying, but I don't know what update-grub is designed to do. > Remember, I've never actually installed grub2 to a disk or even attempted > it, so I know nothing about the grub2 infrastructure. I just boot grub2 > from grub1 and admire the result :o) Try installing it to disk then. -- 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 /.)