From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JZwOh-00017W-3q for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:59:39 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZwOe-00016i-V4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:59:37 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZwOd-00015o-Ce for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:59:36 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZwOd-00015e-4y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:59:35 -0400 Received: from mailout08.sul.t-online.de ([194.25.134.20] helo=mailout08.sul.t-online.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZwOc-0001q5-Qc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:59:35 -0400 Received: from fwd32.aul.t-online.de by mailout08.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1JZwOb-0005c9-00; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:59:33 +0100 Received: from [10.3.2.2] (XZrT26ZlghaT6fS4DV3cytvzMe3RQgxVALbpRpfzdBJ8vw0YaxQmbm2Mt7jUn9Awkv@[217.235.216.60]) by fwd32.aul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1JZwOQ-0arNT60; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:59:22 +0100 Message-ID: <47D9B1CF.30801@t-online.de> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:59:27 +0100 From: Christian Franke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <47D16136.1060705@nic.fi> <47D6F556.9040500@t-online.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ID: XZrT26ZlghaT6fS4DV3cytvzMe3RQgxVALbpRpfzdBJ8vw0YaxQmbm2Mt7jUn9Awkv X-TOI-MSGID: c03b7b34-10f6-4422-bc93-47f6782c4eba X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] cdrom access patch 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, 13 Mar 2008 22:59:37 -0000 Bean wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:10 AM, Christian Franke > <...> wrote: > >> Bean wrote: >> > ... >> >> >> > After some testing, i think the new version has some compatible issue, >> > i remember Christian Franke reports that some bios doesn't support int >> > 42 for cdrom, so grub_biosdisk_check_int13_extensions will fail. Would >> > someone check if func 4b01 (the first patch cd.diff) works in such >> > situation ? >> > >> > >> >> cd.diff works on this specific PC (Asus A8N, Phonix-Award BIOS), CD >> appears as hd31. >> >> BTW: grub_biosdisk_iterate should IMO always expose the boot_drive (see >> my latest patch). >> With current CVS and cd.diff, the boot_drive would not be visible in >> 'ls' if e.g 0x80=HDD, 0x82=boot CD (as seen on some old Laptop). >> > > Thanks for the tip, please test the new patch, it start scanning for > cdrom if the boot drive is larger than the last harddisk. > > OK, also on this Laptop. CD appears as hd2 in 'ls'. Patch is IMO good to go. Christian