From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1DWb92-0000mN-HS for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 10:28:04 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DWb8y-0000iU-IL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 10:28:00 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DWb8w-0000hQ-2u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 10:27:58 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DWb8v-0000fL-GM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 10:27:57 -0400 Received: from [32.97.110.130] (helo=e32.co.us.ibm.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1DWbDy-0003pp-A7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 10:33:10 -0400 Received: from westrelay02.boulder.ibm.com (westrelay02.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.11]) by e32.co.us.ibm.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j4DEQ00c730038 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 10:26:01 -0400 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (d03av01.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.167]) by westrelay02.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.10/NCO/VER6.6) with ESMTP id j4DEPtS9038146 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 08:26:00 -0600 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4DEPtCo032678 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 08:25:55 -0600 Received: from [192.168.0.103] (sig-9-65-60-201.mts.ibm.com [9.65.60.201]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4DEPsBh032653 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 08:25:55 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: <20050513124307.GA13577@suse.de> References: <20050509050526.GA18510@miracle> <20050513124307.GA13577@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <64f2ea4622d8f5d4cdeafdd5bae03cb7@penguinppc.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Hollis Blanchard Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 09:25:55 -0500 To: The development of GRUB 2 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Subject: Re: [ppc] [patch] set environment from commandline X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 14:28:02 -0000 On May 13, 2005, at 7:43 AM, Olaf Hering wrote: > On Mon, May 09, Hollis Blanchard wrote: >> >> Also, this patch allows you to boot from the OF commandline, >> overriding >> the defaults. Example: >> boot enet:,grubof prefix=foo; debug=bar > > Can one override essential parts of grub that way? > Like loading a different config file? Yes, the config file is loaded from wherever "prefix" points to. Also, there is a "configfile" command in the GRUB UI to load a config file from anywhere (I've been using that too). Do you have any other "essential parts" in mind? -Hollis