From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JJlpr-0004IB-70 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:28:51 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJlpp-0004Hs-KW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:28:49 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJlpn-0004Hg-1w for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:28:48 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JJlpm-0004Hd-SD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:28:46 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JJlpm-0002Io-CN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:28:46 -0500 Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.35]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JJlpl-0002QQ-JQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:28:45 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0T8SiZI080876 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:28:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) From: Marco Gerards To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <5cc84b460801281910v5fb8ac79pda9491c57b5cc585@mail.gmail.com> Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:30:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: <5cc84b460801281910v5fb8ac79pda9491c57b5cc585@mail.gmail.com> (kalamatee@gmail.com's message of "Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:10:57 +0000") Message-ID: <87fxwhc9uv.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: eltorito support .. 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: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:28:49 -0000 Kalamatee writes: Hi, > I read in previous mails that eltorito support would be getting worked on > for the summer of code projects, and that it should be getting merged into > the grub2 codebase at somepoint. > > Im just wondering what is the current situation with this? Is there any > timeline when it will be completed? Actually, I have no idea... Alex Roman worked on this. Perhaps you can contact him? The code is on the GSoC projects page. Robert tried to get it to work, but IIRC there were problems. > The reason I ask is we (www.aros.org) currently use grub-legacy to boot our > x86 iso's and systems however lately we are seeing a lot of development > towards ppc ports and x86_64, and therefore would like to use grub2 instead > since it supports these architectures. However atm there seems to be no > information on using grub2 to boot a cd-rom in eltorito mode or indeed how > to create/install grub2 to the iso image. Installing GRUB 2 on a CDROM is possible already, see grub-mkrescue. However, you can't access the CDROM after booting. > ANy information on how this can be achieved or the current state of play > would be much appreciated. I hope this helps. If you want to work on this, help is welcome :-) -- Marco