Re: reiser4 and grub2

[Christian Stroetmann <stroetmann@ontolab.com>]

  Aloha;

On the 20.10.2010 21:10, Sannikov wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:33:36 +1100,<doiggl@velocitynet.com.au>  wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:04:51 +0200, Edward Shishkin
>> <edward.shishkin@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> sannikov wrote:
>>>> Good day.
>>>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>>> I want to ask you about reiser4 and grub-2.
>>>>
>>>> I am try to write to Yuriy Umanets but his mailboxes are inactive...
>>>> Some few days ago I findes his request about this.
>>>> (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008-02/msg00263.html)
>>>>
>>>> If it is possible, can you describe current state of Raiser4 support
> in
>>>> Grub2.
>>>>
>>> Unsupported.
>>>
>>>> As I know this task yet  placed in Grub's TODO list.
>>>> I hope this idea yet alive.
>>>>
>>> I didn't look at grub2/fs interface yet, but believe that it
>>> is better then grub1's one.
>>>
>>> There is a patch for reiser4 support in grub1. I don't
>>> think it will be a big problem to adjust this one for grub2:
>>> the sources are quite understandable.
>>>
>>> The only thing I am unhappy with is that it can not boot
>>> reiser4 via module stage1_5 (it is too big and can not
>>> fit in 62 sectors), It means that user will need to re-install
>>> grub every time after defragmentation (currently
>>> unsupported, but upcoming). So it would be nice to resolve
>>> this problem in grub2 somehow.
>>>
>>> Btrfs stage1_5 module with multi-device support
>>> successfully fits in 62 sectors. Why reiser4 can not?
>>> I think we need to get rid of the mini-library with a lot
>>> of unneeded functions and put everything in one file
>>> (as other file systems do).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Edward.
>>>
>> Looks like some others have had a go at compiling grub2 ,see:
>>
>>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.2/i586/grub2-1.98-18.1.i586.rpm
>>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.2/src/grub2-1.98-18.1.src.rpm
>>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.3/i586/grub2-1.98-18.1.i586.rpm
>>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.3/src/grub2-1.98-18.1.src.rpm
>>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.3/x86_64/grub2-1.98-18.1.x86_64.rpm
>>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_Factory/i586/grub2-1.98-18.1.i586.rpm
>>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_Factory/src/grub2-1.98-18.1.src.rpm
>>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_Factory/x86_64/grub2-1.98-18.1.x86_64.rpm
>> Glenn
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> This is good.
>
> I am download grub2-1.98-18.1.src.rpm and don't find anything code for
> Reiser4... Or I miss anything?
>
> WBR A.Sannikov

Thanks for the information. I looked also for R4 support and then 
wondered as well, but had no time to go deeper into the case yesterday .

Have fun
Christian *<:o)   O>-<   -(D)>-<