From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NxRHg-0007PL-Ph for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:46:36 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NxRHf-0007P1-Hh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:46:35 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39011 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NxRHd-0007OA-E7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:46:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxRG5-0006cd-Md for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:44:59 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com ([209.85.220.227]:60153) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxRG5-0006cW-DE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:44:57 -0400 Received: by fxm27 with SMTP id 27so736507fxm.8 for ; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:44:56 -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=hEQtRPB87c94QO9U2nDLta38C79lg180P1fhY4E529Y=; b=CSPTbdT57vATmQxRirv2cjyKRBpXuI0l7Mzv+IlbKRaigFOFqK27oFD6Z++RbS8OVi uwRYWmyU6098CbZR7ep7CWbyJqf9PmQ4sYn+AIaD7JU7kXW+FkxsM5UAnqdUlTUjvwSz 05Fqm8QUcKPuCs7DyBketRSHATZKlO79L2rRs= 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=RszxyqtAPyiuobCsTJ0zJxUNqta4ZyAs5zsY/hm/xj5+y/bqRsEjv9+YEuJkdvGZEM W73r8fxZ2e6yEW1VZLswgBVTFJX+6iv7rZdCBnHTmFBIzQEMMqpEslnWBg4HvdfP+Zwy 7kyUn3Uumi3BPa8fc+X7dyDONgobvn3O5UpZY= Received: by 10.223.15.133 with SMTP id k5mr1170892faa.39.1270154696466; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:44:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (89-37.203-62.cust.bluewin.ch [62.203.37.89]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm5491039fkx.40.2010.04.01.13.44.54 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:44:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BB505BF.80707@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:44:47 +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: <4BB4E47C.1040709@gmail.com> <105802396924361@192.168.2.69> In-Reply-To: <105802396924361@192.168.2.69> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig81AFD4C403016C5C111B1082" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ? 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: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:46:35 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig81AFD4C403016C5C111B1082 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Do i get it right that there are two > boot files: > - eltorito.img for CD > - ${embed_img} for MBR style booting > > =20 Yes > I don't see the -no-emul-boot option, though. > Are you sure it is effectively used ? > =20 In grub-mkisofs: { {"no-emul-boot", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_NO_EMUL_BOOT }, '\0', NULL, N_("Dummy option for backward compatibility"), ONE_DASH= }, { {"eltorito-emul-floppy", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_ELTORITO_EMUL_FLOPPY }, '\0', NULL, N_("Enable floppy drive emulation for El Torito"), TWO_DASHES }, So basically the default is reversed. We can add --no-emul-boot to grub-mkrescue though > So if there is indeed a -no-emul-boot option in > grub-mkrescue then it seems to be mainly about > implementing option --embedded-boot combinable > with the El Torito option -b. > > =20 Mainly. Although there are few other things we would like to be possible in futur= e: - Is it possible to declare the whole iso for hard-disk emulation for providing emulating image for buggy BIOSes - Is it possible to have HFS support in xorriso? It would allow merging PPC grub-mkrescue into generic one. > These seem to be Robert's novelties: > > --modification-date Override modification date > Probably ECMA-119, 8.4.27, > Volume Modification Date and Time > (BP 831 to 847 of Primary Volume Descriptor) > > =20 Yes, this is needed to know the creation date (which is use as disk identifier in GRUB) before image is complete. > --protective-msdos-label Patch a protective DOS-style label in the= image > What is this ? > How does it look and at what address > to write it ? > > =20 This one adds a simple partition table spanning across whole image of type 0xCD --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig81AFD4C403016C5C111B1082 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 iF4EAREKAAYFAku1BcUACgkQNak7dOguQgln6QD/SYe7ThS+OUYJru0K/mkeN8n4 4erX8ilLorV+98cPeFMBAL88U91W4MuZU49E4+E1k1PvmifjGQrh5kjdYL0X0TYm =uw1p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig81AFD4C403016C5C111B1082--