From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K2WkH-0003TC-7y for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:28:05 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2WkF-0003Sm-9B for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:28:03 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2WkD-0003SO-J2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:28:02 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40793 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2WkD-0003SL-Ei for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:28:01 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:37615) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2WkD-0002Pi-D6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:28:01 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K2Wje-0005fq-7L for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 21:27:26 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K2Wk1-0006mS-L1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 21:27:49 +0200 Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 21:27:49 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080531192749.GB25920@thorin> References: <1212185676.18496.9.camel@dv> <20080531095311.GE6619@thorin> <4841A1B6.8050607@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4841A1B6.8050607@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> 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: Searching UUID on floppies 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: Sat, 31 May 2008 19:28:03 -0000 On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 03:06:30PM -0400, Isaac Dupree wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > >Some of our commands use --no-floppy. Also supported in GRUB Legacy (by > >'find' > >or so, can't remember). Perhaps it's better to use that for consistency? > >It > >is the floppy scan which everyone hates; for other devices I don't think > >people will mind if GRUB spends a few ms on them. > > I don't know if it's relevant... but there is a situation that is maybe > similar when my MacBook boots up (before it even gets to GRUB), if > there's a CD in the drive, it wastes about 15 extra seconds spinning it > up to look at it, even if I'm not booting from CD. So that might be a > sort of thing to watch out for, when making GRUB search? Does it happen before or after you get the "Welcome to GRUB!" message? -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)