From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KCv6J-00044A-Ei for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:29:47 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCv6I-00043w-65 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:29:46 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCv6H-00043g-OL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:29:45 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53046 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCv6H-00043d-I6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:29:45 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:56801) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KCv6H-0005dg-8Q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:29:45 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KCv2m-0000m1-A5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:26:08 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KCv5j-0000fa-4p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:29:11 +0200 Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:29:11 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080629112911.GD2347@thorin> References: <1214601899.9513.58.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1214601899.9513.58.camel@dv> 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: [RFC PATCH] Sector 2 of non-embedded core.img: write early or patch later? 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: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:29:46 -0000 On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 05:24:59PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Hello! > > We have a serious problem with installing onto partitions (e.g. > grub-install /dev/sda1) and drives with geometry that doesn't leave > enough space for core.img to be embedded before the first partition. > While it's not a desirable configuration, it should work, but it > doesn't. Do we really want to support this? I don't think there's any reliable way to tell where filesystem metadata starts. So unless we're talking about a dedicated partition, this sounds like a no-go. -- 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 /.)