From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Jabdb-0002NQ-8h for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:01:47 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JabdZ-0002Ll-E3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:01:45 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JabdX-0002Kp-MF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:01:44 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JabdX-0002Km-JF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:01:43 -0400 Received: from mailout09.sul.t-online.de ([194.25.134.84] helo=mailout09.sul.t-online.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JabdX-0004cS-7x for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:01:43 -0400 Received: from fwd27.aul.t-online.de by mailout09.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1JabdW-0001ph-00; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:01:42 +0100 Received: from [10.3.2.2] (GoBjZOZFwh4w0Zuzl7tBJ72UWfJdga2sNfu3pLU34508jz9yrc3lHuMFgZ40TGvgB3@[217.235.195.147]) by fwd27.aul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1JabdO-1ZIHse0; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:01:34 +0100 Message-ID: <47DC1D0B.2000701@t-online.de> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:01:31 +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: <47D6F556.9040500@t-online.de> <47D9B1CF.30801@t-online.de> <1205515683.2321.18.camel@dv> <47DAE712.6070805@nic.fi> <47DB8D94.3090402@nic.fi> In-Reply-To: <47DB8D94.3090402@nic.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-ID: GoBjZOZFwh4w0Zuzl7tBJ72UWfJdga2sNfu3pLU34508jz9yrc3lHuMFgZ40TGvgB3 X-TOI-MSGID: 15591539-4659-474b-965b-9f036a05fa6c 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: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:01:45 -0000 Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote: > Bean wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:58 AM, Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote: >>> Bean wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > I have an idea, why not have both names, (hdN) and (cd), hopefully >>> > this will make everyone happy. >>> > >>> >>> Hi Bean, >>> >>> I think I suggested it already ;) >>> >>> Device alias is ok for me :) (and use of cd[nro] is more favorable). >> >> Ok, the new patch add (cd0) alias for cdrom device, the corresponding >> (hdN) is also present. > > I am just wondering that this implementation is limited to cd0, you > cannot have cd1. > Apparently, a (typical) BIOS does not provide access to any CD drive except the boot CD. If booted from floppy, HDD, or floppy emulation CD, no CD can be accessed. So it probably does not make sense to add cd1,... support to biosdisk. Christian