From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K5iOA-0003cz-3q for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:30:26 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5iO8-0003bz-6m for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:30:24 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5iO6-0003bd-Nz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:30:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51644 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5iO6-0003bR-KP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:30:22 -0400 Received: from gateway16.websitewelcome.com ([69.93.164.21]:58352) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K5iO4-0003TS-Vc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:30:21 -0400 Received: (qmail 14685 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2008 14:33:36 -0000 Received: from gator297.hostgator.com (74.53.228.114) by gateway16.websitewelcome.com with SMTP; 9 Jun 2008 14:33:36 -0000 Received: from c-67-185-142-228.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([67.185.142.228]:44610 helo=localhost) by gator297.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K5iNz-0005Lh-Uv; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:30:16 -0500 Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 07:30:05 -0700 From: Colin D Bennett To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080609073005.35ebdf2f@gibibit.com> In-Reply-To: <1212793059.1893.22.camel@dv> References: <20080605224516.5f0eae02@gibibit.com> <20080606021101.swp2mg5r8kksk0kw-cebfxv@webmail.spamcop.net> <1212793059.1893.22.camel@dv> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator297.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gibibit.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Cc: proski@gnu.org Subject: Re: Installing GRUB 2 on a CompactFlash card 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: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:30:24 -0000 On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:57:39 -0400 Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 02:11 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > Quoting Colin D Bennett : > > > > > If I create one partition on the CF card, for GRUB, I assume I > > > should set up my grub.cfg to refer to it as (hd0,1) since this > > > will only be used on the TARGET SYSTEM, right? > > > > I suggest that you use the current GRUB from CVS and use UUID to > > refer to any drives. update-grub will generate the new style > > grub.cfg, but be sure to back up your current grub.cfg in case it > > gets overwritten. > > > > > Then on my development workstation I will do: > > > grub-install /dev/sdc > > > > > > But will this affect my development workstation's "/boot" ? > > > > I don't think current GRUB will allow you to do that, but if > > cross-device installs were supported, it would indeed overwrite > > /boot/grub > > P.S. Current GRUB is broken. Please use the version as of June 5. If > ext3 is involved, use the version from May 19. That won't have UUID, > but it would be safer. > > Things may be fixed soon, even hours from now, but I cannot give any > promises. Sorry for inconvenience. What is the problem with post-June 5 GRUB? Has it been fixed? I will use June 5 CVS for now then.