From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JKaMn-0004sd-5F for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:26:13 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKaMl-0004rx-Jj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:26:11 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKaMk-0004qw-BJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:26:10 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKaMk-0004qm-7F for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:26:10 -0500 Received: from mx2.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de ([134.147.64.30]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKaMj-0004xV-Sa for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:26:10 -0500 X-Queued: (qmail 20846 invoked by uid 281); 31 Jan 2008 14:26:07 -0000 X-Qmailscanner: from 134.147.252.214 by mx2.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (envelope-from , uid 80) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (sophie: 3.05/2.52/4.24. Clear:RC:1(134.147.252.214):. Processed in 0.040231 secs); 31 Jan 2008 14:26:07 -0000 Received: from router.leat.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (134.147.252.214) by mx2.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de with SMTP; 31 Jan 2008 14:26:07 -0000 Received: from [134.147.55.45] (frodo.leat.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.55.45]) by router.leat.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id m0VEUc1l010048; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:30:38 +0100 Message-ID: <47A1DA90.30003@leat.rub.de> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:26:24 +0100 From: Fabian Greffrath User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Millan References: <479450A9.90601@leat.rub.de> <20080121112448.GD7378@thorin> <47948422.8000208@leat.rub.de> <20080121121828.GA9244@thorin> <4795B435.20102@leat.rub.de> <20080122124642.GC2017@thorin> <4795EC4D.5020207@leat.rub.de> <47A05477.5030300@leat.rub.de> <20080130194854.GA2143@thorin> <47A1877D.7020009@leat.rub.de> <20080131115855.GA13960@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20080131115855.GA13960@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 Cc: The development of GRUB 2 , 462218@bugs.debian.org, Otavio Salvador Subject: Re: Bug#461442: detection of other OSes in update-grub 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: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:26:11 -0000 Robert Millan schrieb: > Sorry, I got confused. The generic linux-device / grub-drive conversion tool > is no problem. I think it's fine to add it. > Fine! > The problem is if you need grub-probe to work with an input different than > a filesystem path. > I won't need grub-probe at all as soon as the aforementioned tool exists. (My initial idea was to integrate the functionality into grub-probe, but a separate tool is fine as well.) > If you want the former, feel free to send a patch to grub-devel. Hey, I'm allready proud of my little shell script... ;) > For the > latter, look at my questions and send some feedback. > Sorry, Robert, but which questions? -- Dipl.-Phys. Fabian Greffrath Ruhr-Universität Bochum Lehrstuhl für Energieanlagen und Energieprozesstechnik (LEAT) Universitätsstr. 150, IB 3/134 D-44780 Bochum Telefon: +49 (0)234 / 32-26334 Fax: +49 (0)234 / 32-14227 E-Mail: greffrath@leat.ruhr-uni-bochum.de