From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KCwsC-0003Hg-O7 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:23:20 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCwsB-0003FX-8q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:23:19 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCws9-0003Ew-Sg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:23:19 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60753 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCws9-0003Er-My for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:23:17 -0400 Received: from mta-out.inet.fi ([195.156.147.13]:41851 helo=jenni2.rokki.sonera.fi) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KCws9-0003fC-HG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:23:17 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (88.193.32.97) by jenni2.rokki.sonera.fi (8.5.014) id 483E832F0163B1AD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:23:16 +0300 Message-ID: <48678CCC.9050305@nic.fi> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:23:24 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmVzYSBKw6TDpHNrZWzDpGluZW4=?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <1214601899.9513.58.camel@dv> <20080629112911.GD2347@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20080629112911.GD2347@thorin> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 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, 3) Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Sector 2 of non-embedded core.img: write early or patch later? 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: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:23:19 -0000 Robert Millan wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 05:24:59PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: >> Hello! >> >> We have a serious problem with installing onto partitions (e.g. >> grub-install /dev/sda1) and drives with geometry that doesn't leave >> enough space for core.img to be embedded before the first partition. >> While it's not a desirable configuration, it should work, but it >> doesn't. > > Do we really want to support this? I don't think there's any reliable way > to tell where filesystem metadata starts. So unless we're talking about a > dedicated partition, this sounds like a no-go. This also relates to problem with installing to MBR and there is no room for embedding core.img there. I have been using USB stick where there is not enough room for core.img what I want to store there. So only option is to leave core.img to filesystem and install MBR.