From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MUkH2-0000wP-72 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:39:04 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUkGz-0000vZ-TE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:39:01 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUkGu-0000vL-Pn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:39:00 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42698 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MUkGu-0000vI-Jx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:38:56 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:55938) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MUkGu-0006Gc-5d for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:38:56 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MUjAq-0002Gg-HO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:28:36 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MUkGr-0003J9-Fw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:38:53 +0200 Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:38:53 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090725163853.GM12326@thorin> References: <1248461206.3510.76.camel@fz.local> <1248466144.6620.16.camel@mj> <1248467624.6620.19.camel@mj> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1248467624.6620.19.camel@mj> 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/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Bug#495949: grub-common: grub-probe segfaults] 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, 25 Jul 2009 16:39:02 -0000 On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 04:33:44PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > + else > + { > + grub_util_warn ("Embedding on partition type %s is unsupported", > + dest_partmap); > goto unable_to_embed; > } This extends blocklist support for label types other than MSDOS or GPT, which aren't designed with BIOS-based boot in mind. I think we should refuse to install on them, unless there's a compelling reason to support those. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."