From: "Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: Mario Limonciello <Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com>
Cc: "grub-devel@gnu.org" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Explicitly build msdos partition support into EFI executables
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:45:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D25D571.2050407@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D24A00C.1010100@Dell.com>
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On 01/05/2011 05:45 PM, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Currently EFI executables don't include part_msdos or vfat support by
> default. This means that EFI executables can only be launched
> directly from ISO9660 filesystems. The attached patch explicitly adds
> part_msdos and vfat so that the rest of the GRUB files can be found on
> other devices, such as USB keys.
>
grub-mkrescue is only for creating ISOs. If you need to install to HDD
please use grub-install. For custom EFI executables use grub-mkimage
> Thanks,
>
> --
> *Mario Limonciello*
> Linux Engineer
> *Dell* | OS Engineering
--
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-06 14:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-05 16:45 [PATCH] Explicitly build msdos partition support into EFI executables Mario Limonciello
2011-01-06 14:27 ` KESHAV P.R.
2011-01-06 14:45 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko [this message]
2011-01-06 17:18 ` Mario Limonciello
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