From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Z4Z-0007WZ-Gn for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:57:11 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Z4Y-0007WN-4g for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:57:10 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Z4X-0007W9-FL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:57:09 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53939 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Z4X-0007W6-C2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:57:09 -0400 Received: from mta21.charter.net ([216.33.127.81]:37158) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2Z4W-0002Uz-Vp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:57:09 -0400 Received: from aarprv04.charter.net ([10.20.200.74]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20080531215658.QYID23078.mta21.charter.net@aarprv04.charter.net> for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:56:58 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.102] (really [71.10.234.12]) by aarprv04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20080531215658.QKAV4495.aarprv04.charter.net@[192.168.0.102]> for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:56:58 -0400 Message-ID: <4841C9AB.9030702@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:56:59 -0400 From: Isaac Dupree User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <1212185676.18496.9.camel@dv> <20080531095311.GE6619@thorin> <4841A1B6.8050607@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080531192749.GB25920@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20080531192749.GB25920@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chzlrs: 0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) Subject: Re: Searching UUID on floppies 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, 31 May 2008 21:57:10 -0000 Robert Millan wrote: > On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 03:06:30PM -0400, Isaac Dupree wrote: >> Robert Millan wrote: >>> Some of our commands use --no-floppy. Also supported in GRUB Legacy (by >>> 'find' >>> or so, can't remember). Perhaps it's better to use that for consistency? >>> It >>> is the floppy scan which everyone hates; for other devices I don't think >>> people will mind if GRUB spends a few ms on them. >> I don't know if it's relevant... but there is a situation that is maybe >> similar when my MacBook boots up (before it even gets to GRUB), if >> there's a CD in the drive, it wastes about 15 extra seconds spinning it >> up to look at it, even if I'm not booting from CD. So that might be a >> sort of thing to watch out for, when making GRUB search? > > Does it happen before or after you get the "Welcome to GRUB!" message? *That* happens even if I never enter grub at all -- so I guess you would say "before". GRUB doesn't have that problem for me as far as I know, but the only things I have in my config are (hd0,x) -- no boot-from-CD option, only the Linuxes on the disk that I have configured precisely and numerically. look, here is my boot sequence: EFI firmware boots the MacOSX partition by default, if I don't hold down "option"/"alt" (if I do, then the firmware puts up a menu of choices). rEFIt is installed in such a way that it is booted rather the standard MacOSX at that point. It puts up a nice menu of choices including MacOS, any bootable CD/DVDs, and all the GRUBs it can find. It's rEFIt's appearance that is delayed when there's a CD in the drive. rEFIt knows how to boot both EFI and BIOS GRUBs. -- MacOSX: boots normally if selected in rEFIt. -- GRUB2: well, you know about that. From there, I can potentially boot my Linuxes that are on various of my partitions. -Isaac