From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Nwy6M-0004s5-0R for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:36:58 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nwy6K-0004rA-Bn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:36:56 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55657 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nwy6H-0004pn-W9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:36:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nwy6C-0006x7-NX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:36:52 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.157]:24096) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nwy6C-0006wW-Dv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:36:48 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so39272fgb.12 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:36:47 -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=/hCjefOsHQRqy32Qthr01GV9ibzSanGAs8De/D1xGdE=; b=u0vlg7Rd+7OsEoXpgwyyyhOZoXd7YuL5tqFXtgmzWTSFw6A6cO49BhWOYztxEsxYCR 3hr0e6tmuEexGWmuxWe774zySXc5CqXpV4xKU2o509MrTaQws+br/cJpxjk+Gi/1E8km r4dzpnio/MhuD6nIu2x5KadGEN9EQlVpFyB1s= 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=BNKfKMC7lIm86VasXAP4SwoCCJ88TrjmNOM2RkkwtZlL9qoow6F3oNi9TnFr5O7u7n JmYt48P8P1aljY3GEyUXQUDPVAvcQnYnQnGc97qgCHhaNzA6H+wJEmeMQPnM9eNDBFXQ 0VxyMGKhmtbRlqJs/mVUF2uuCORNT7yCzI0E8= Received: by 10.87.67.13 with SMTP id u13mr30139fgk.66.1270042606751; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:36:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (public-docking-hg-4-249.ethz.ch [129.132.244.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e3sm9570353fga.14.2010.03.31.06.36.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:36:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BB34FE7.3010807@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:36:39 +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> <4BB3442B.20806@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig89C8CE4BDBE71273440CD359" 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 13:36:56 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig89C8CE4BDBE71273440CD359 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Casey McGinty wrote: > Thanks, I looked at it. But making the change you suggest is not > clear. I only see where timeout is set to -1. How do you specify a > boot target in this case? default=3D"" timeout=3D<number> > Anyway, I think i'm set with the first suggestion. > > 2010/3/31 Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com= > <mailto:phcoder@gmail.com>> > > Casey McGinty wrote: > > Allas, the data being written is "recordfail", which causes probl= ems > > 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 > <phcoder@gmail.com <mailto:phcoder@gmail.com> > > <mailto:phcoder@gmail.com <mailto:phcoder@gmail.com>>> > > > > Casey McGinty wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm running a flash-based system w/ grub2. I do not want gr= ub2 > > writing > > > to my boot partition? How can I prevent the grubenv file > from being > > > 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 > > > > > =20 > -------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Grub-devel mailing list > > > Grub-devel@gnu.org <mailto:Grub-devel@gnu.org> > <mailto:Grub-devel@gnu.org <mailto: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 <mailto:Grub-devel@gnu.org> > <mailto:Grub-devel@gnu.org <mailto:Grub-devel@gnu.org>> > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Grub-devel mailing list > > Grub-devel@gnu.org <mailto: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 <mailto: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 --------------enig89C8CE4BDBE71273440CD359 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 iF4EAREKAAYFAkuzT+wACgkQNak7dOguQgndmwEAl6BsSQt1Q7DlWGuPbdmXRPz6 tgLZPf5xLG895KIkbpEA/ikvGRhRtIyf7Va3wmTWz7r9iquObvjP3plitKcNGzyG =X2yK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig89C8CE4BDBE71273440CD359--