From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] boot from LVM / RAID
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:22:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080615182219.GA12911@thorin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080606160946.GA13716@thorin>
On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 06:09:46PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
>
> This patch makes it possible to boot directly from LVM or RAID.
>
> It is archieved by permitting that grub_prefix include a drive component as
> part of its path. The kernel already knows how to extract root from there,
> as long as `grub_install_dos_part == -2'.
The memdisk part of this was basicaly a bugfix, so I checked it in. The rest
seems to duplicate stuff that grub-setup was already doing, and I think I'll
have to take a closer look (I'll send another mail about that later).
--
Robert Millan
<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-15 18:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-06 16:09 [PATCH] boot from LVM / RAID Robert Millan
2008-06-15 18:22 ` Robert Millan [this message]
2008-06-15 21:33 ` new patch (boot from LVM / RAID) Robert Millan
2008-06-15 21:34 ` Robert Millan
2008-06-17 20:42 ` Robert Millan
2008-06-18 17:35 ` Robert Millan
2008-06-22 17:56 ` Guntsche Michael
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