From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1FIAyc-00032h-Ro for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:46:14 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FIAya-00030G-Qy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:46:12 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FIAyZ-0002yF-5T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:46:12 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FIAyZ-0002y8-1C for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:46:11 -0500 Received: from [194.109.24.37] (helo=smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FIB29-0005aj-GK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:49:53 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2BKk9QE023913 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:46:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <44107EAC.5030300@yahoo.com> <200603111108.23859.okuji@enbug.org> <87mzfxujxi.fsf@xs4all.nl> <200603112028.59600.okuji@enbug.org> From: Marco Gerards Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:46:10 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200603112028.59600.okuji@enbug.org> (Yoshinori K. Okuji's message of "Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:28:59 +0000") Message-ID: <87hd64u2ul.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Re: mkfs command in grub 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: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:46:13 -0000 "Yoshinori K. Okuji" writes: >> The main reason for this feature request was that swap space can be >> shared between windows and GNU/Linux this way. So you can make a fat >> filesystem when booting windows and a swap filesystem when booting >> GNU/Linux. Although this is not something really important for us, I >> do see the use of such feature. > > So? Why does a boot loader have to deal with that? Is a swap partition > creation critical for booting? Why don't you just make a swap partition in > the boot process of each operation system and activate it? I really don't see > this as a task for a boot loader. Heh, now I am defending a feature I don't really want, need or care about myself. It's just that the idea is not that bad, not that I want it or so. The problem of the person who proposed this, is that he can not change some of his operating systems. Which of course is a problem of non-free software. -- Marco