From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NwxJs-0001cN-9A for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:46:52 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NwxJp-0001XY-CN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:46:49 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54158 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NwxJo-0001V6-30 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:46:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NwxJl-0007oZ-Dg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:46:47 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com ([209.85.220.224]:47658) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NwxJl-0007oP-8T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:46:45 -0400 Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so28105fxm.26 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:46:44 -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:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=ICzXQOijaQkW2eGLlqZbmczKEo1pm+Cvjc7VqulatcM=; b=hxOnRY8kkk7+8wOSZA/5q00ho02Jpd0wSu9kcqOR6l8L4USebkKc1yhlwtWSkGSlmG x6cJcHEI6/+8vL3Cow7qAk7BYZMdZMd42BHVLEzymfvHGz97CTYMuiu2INsPmz9oea6T INtll1Eipm448rLxpIqX+ASixACL1ysTQYtDI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=cGtJQVWKqL9T369qHYABllQkma74kfDjaVK2Yk2XsG5bsm5WC+2x0l5Fa2ldKwOdzW DuW3PQfyFuVGhjzl0OJThTewBEYeaYDBdTuP5UPqCaQxnictQ/4bsikYH/WAy5QjJJWg AYdj26JOufXZMS6nbmD070+2X3RTj4Q3mb35E= Received: by 10.86.124.8 with SMTP id w8mr17132fgc.8.1270039603865; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:46:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (public-docking-hg-3-246.ethz.ch [129.132.246.246]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l12sm707932fgb.7.2010.03.31.05.46.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:46:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BB3442B.20806@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:46:35 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <4BB34181.6000808@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigFF2D7F7932FE2C4DA1055262" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: Disable grub2 from writing to HDD X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:46:49 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigFF2D7F7932FE2C4DA1055262 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Casey McGinty wrote: > Allas, the data being written is "recordfail", which causes problems > on a headless system. > recordfail main use is exactly the headless system. Just default ubuntu on boot failure shows the menu but on headless you should make it point to surely working kernel. Have a look at /etc/grub.d/00_header > 2010/3/31 Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > > > Casey McGinty wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm running a flash-based system w/ grub2. I do not want grub2 > writing > > to my boot partition? How can I prevent the grubenv file from bei= ng > > written in any (and all) cases? > Just remove grubenv file. But I doubt a single (at most) write per > boot > would wear your flash in its lifetime even if you reboot every 10 > minutes > > Thank you. > > Casey McGinty > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Grub-devel mailing list > > Grub-devel@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > > > > -- > Regards > Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= - > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > =20 --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enigFF2D7F7932FE2C4DA1055262 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iF4EAREKAAYFAkuzRDEACgkQNak7dOguQgkz1AEAiRfvhiQ7z+318mbHfC7GKOMo a8wSO070CVp34YzYwaoA/0naAPueI3SWfFhjn7Qgk8NBCMtzvy+I0Ae5FeSBf/Ax =91tr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigFF2D7F7932FE2C4DA1055262--