From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfyZ-0005sm-Bo for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:55 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfyX-0005qn-8k for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:53 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfyV-0005po-Hk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:52 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUfyV-0005pi-C4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:51 -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 1JUfyV-0006iQ-2A for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:26:51 -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 1JUfyT-0007Eg-Va for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:26:50 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JUfwn-0000Kd-QU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:25:05 +0100 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:25:05 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080228102505.GG350@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 10:26:53 -0000 On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 02:19:41PM +0800, Bean wrote: > > 10_xxx are scripts that output menuentry for a specific os. For > example, for 10_freebsd, you first check for boot files like > /boot/loader and /boot/kernel/kernel, if they exist, then the system > could be freebsd. Then, you output the menuentry to load this os. You > can check 10_linux to see how to write it. You provided the mechanism to boot either /boot/loader or /boot/kernel/kernel, which do you think is more suitable for 10_freebsd to pick as default? -- 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 /.)