From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JivsK-0005w4-MM for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:15:24 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JivsJ-0005vo-Iu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:15:23 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JivsH-0005vW-Vv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:15:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JivsH-0005vT-R2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:15:21 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.177]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JivsH-0000OQ-Id for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:15:21 -0400 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so1746727pyb.1 for ; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:15:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wo7D3O1ED4R+Wcd5gUUgyM/gvnOzRtByagxHK+rV/cc=; b=nci2nHHE3SHX1DhwzJwf9VujOCXWq6EoLnToXRiApqGo5LByEYPVtyZqxWTjX2wF6zSZZ8tfZfzvphVpiAkohoNmXVlXxejYsULBFb8wbnl6r92oufEL/Rt3h/ESayuX+VsJp0gRpUpvXfgQQihqviPfy54x5zdXwPcmuTtm4D4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=CXAfotTUgLurAA2UN9BF11qy7NrxoMX6d3EkIhOYYeUintjy7F4MlXFpM6rQx0uED8iVuYjd0dpPk5WwKaRI6oDdPcG9Uf0kmNsimQg8Mhi1vxxzTCGj2JqP/7zm1Xu7nm5V8xr7vcDuNjGE5Hm8tkZFRRH67iLIvK2A08hSbXI= Received: by 10.35.86.19 with SMTP id o19mr9312214pyl.43.1207592118544; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:15:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.155? ( [69.70.77.178]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f55sm24001494pyh.28.2008.04.07.11.15.15 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:15:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47FA64AF.1010501@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:15:11 -0400 From: komputes User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20080321163500.GA25127@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20080321163500.GA25127@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Cc: summer-of-code@gnu.org Subject: Re: Some GRUB ideas 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: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:15:23 -0000 Hi Robert, I had a few more ideas for GRUB that may be useful. A way for the user to know which hard drives/partitions are available to the computer in a "(hd0,0)" format which can then be used in a menu.lst file. This would greatly save time and confusion in the grub configuration process. This would be like a devices.map, but way more useful. I would imagine it would look like this: $ grub --pitty-da-foo #this command doesn't exist (...yet) Checking disks... Mem Used (hd0) /dev/sda (hd0,0) /dev/sda1 50GB 25% (hd0,1) /dev/sda2 50GB 25% (hd1) /dev/sdb (hd1,0) /dev/sdb1 50GB 25% (hd1,1) /dev/sdb2 50GB 25% Something like that would be nice. Or at least a passing mention in menu.lst that Grub starts counting from 0 not 1 in its drive/partition designations--i.e. (hd0,1) = /dev/sda2, etc. That confuses a lot of newcommers to linux, who would appreciate a command that will help them select or at least see how to correctly transport hard disk "locations" from a shell to a menu.lst. I just thought I would bring this to the attention of GRUB developers to see if this can be included in an upcoming version/update. -k Robert Millan wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm one of the folks volunteering as mentors for this year's GRUB GSoC > participation. Okuji asked us to provide ideas and notify this list about > them. > > Our full list of ideas is hosted at: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-soc.html > > The following have been added as new ideas for this year: > > - USB support (UHCI + keyboard/storage drivers) > - ATA (finish pATA driver + SATA / AHCI) > - Accessing encrypted partitions (LUKS) > - Localisation infrastructure > > More details about them are available at the URL above. > >