From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Ltdu8-00049V-3g for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:22:04 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ltdu6-00049Q-B0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:22:02 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ltdu1-00048p-Ku for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:22:01 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42195 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ltdu1-00048h-DQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:21:57 -0400 Received: from smtp102.vzn.mail.re1.yahoo.com ([69.147.103.189]:48560) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ltdu1-0003JH-4R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:21:57 -0400 Received: (qmail 58965 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2009 08:21:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.5?) (jpsinthemix@68.239.115.78 with plain) by smtp102.vzn.mail.re1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Apr 2009 08:21:56 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 3jnMr40VM1kR7ZXUgIMZ8IclFyDRAKR7I82Ctnw7UDR2ZwyVgBSklAkvpCShyo1bD_r_8eECf5PRCyby67Zwq7d4U2fiVx0rNU0U2479UUDHDi3FSCfQBMHdDaociSt2vM.XniIFCZyzI20zu2VwUdCYFD15pijfj7U4EJX8lcGksv4xZTsoxCuCYLVpyVw_GDqoObf.SD01Q1yLjpvmusGQkSILldfSEh6UFpWdUOzKvWNdpQgXLqMsxd8LCcmkBq7QP0e0U7sMcKc- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <49E455B7.5040402@verizon.net> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:21:59 -0400 From: John Stanley User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <49E3E0FB.1070907@verizon.net> <1239694395.3718.5.camel@fz.local> In-Reply-To: <1239694395.3718.5.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) Subject: Re: status grub2 port of grub-legasy map command 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: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:22:02 -0000 Thanks Felix, Hurm.. Well, if anyone is interested, I have just made a couple of additional updates to the drivemap.path.8 code, and now with r2104 the "unaligned pointer" issue is gone, and it is working great on my systems. I can post the patch if you or anyone else is interested. John Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Montag, den 13.04.2009, 21:03 -0400 schrieb John Stanley: > >> Hi all, >> I was wondering what the current status of a grub2 port of the grub-0.97 >> "map" and "rootnoverify" commands is? I have found some work done to >> this end in the "drivemap.patch" work, but I find nothing more recent >> than drivemap.patch.8 dated around Aug 2008. >> > > The current status of it are exactly what you found out. > I don't know if that'll ever change. > > > >> Could anyone give me any pointers/direction on what might be happening >> here? Could it be that the "norootverify"-functionality of grub-legasy >> is lacking here? Or, perhaps, that the "--force" option is not being >> honored ? >> > > rootnoverify isn't needed anymore, because root is now just a variable > and not anymore a command which tried to verify it. So basically > rootnoverify is default now. > chainloader --force just skips the check for 0xaa55, normally it > shouldn't be needed with a valid windows bootsector. >