From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1DJsA8-00020R-8f for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:00:36 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DJsA0-0001yO-DQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:00:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DJs9t-0001vn-5M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:00:22 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJs9s-0001te-QJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:00:20 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DJsYE-00018F-Mo for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:25:31 -0400 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 539529D83 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:24:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17512-08 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:24:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4DC99A39 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:24:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8CF4C048 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:24:34 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20050407214610.GF5211@schottelius.org> <87hdihpye8.fsf@student.han.nl> <20050408120132.GD23464@schottelius.org> From: Marco Gerards Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:24:35 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20050408120132.GD23464@schottelius.org> (nico-linux-grub@schottelius.org's message of "Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:01:32 +0200") Message-ID: <87br8po3r0.fsf@student.han.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc 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, 08 Apr 2005 12:00:29 -0000 Nico -telmich- Schottelius writes: >> Sure, you can expect it at the end of Juni or before that if possible. >> I have some code already. I beg people not to work on it because of >> that, it will be done! > > June is a bit far away, but perhaps I'll copy my kernel on a hfs > partition for testing (I always thought leaving macosx there is a good > thing ;-). lol Make sure it is HFS and not HFS+. HFS+ is just like XFS on my todo list. If it is important please tell me, as for now no one *needed* it yet. >> > 3. grub once killed itself/hangup: I typed >> > linux (hd,3)/usr (hda4 == my /) >> > But I cannot reproduce it! >> >> Which filesystem is used on (hd,3)? > > xfs Right, so an unknown filesystem can make it crash. Perhaps it is caused by a faulty probe of some other filesystem module. Which filesystem modules were loaded? >> > 4. When typing >> > linux (hd3)/ grub does NOT say "no such device" or something >> > similar, but prints a new line. For someone who does not see the >> > typo, he'll be the one who asks on support channels. >> >> Right. This can be done if that is what everyone expects... > > Well or at least don't print a new line+prompt. That makes me think > 'oh the expansion is ready|completed'. I will have a look. >> > Btw, the same behaviour is seen when doing >> > linux (hd,3) (on the not readable xfs partition). I really >> > would like to see "Cannot read that filesystem (yet)."-message. >> >> Tab completion does not print errors at all. > > I thought I saw that in grub1 Ok. I will try GRUB Legacy. I think GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy should work the same for tab completion. -- Marco