From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1DInzG-0006fs-Ep for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:20:58 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DInzE-0006fN-I6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:20:56 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DInzB-0006e5-M4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:20:56 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DInzB-0006dF-FG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:20:53 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DIoRq-0000lb-2s for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:50:30 -0400 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B63039255 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:50:17 +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 23941-06 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:50:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9EFD8E42 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:50:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8725CC045 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:50:15 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <78d5a6962754dbc4b0f64fb15ffd7b79@penguinppc.org> <42521A4A.6040409@mauery.com> <87oectaeoz.fsf@student.han.nl> <4252953F.7020003@mauery.com> From: Marco Gerards Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:50:16 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4252953F.7020003@mauery.com> (Vernon Mauery's message of "Tue, 05 Apr 2005 06:40:15 -0700") Message-ID: <87hdil9vtz.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: partition layouts 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, 05 Apr 2005 13:20:57 -0000 Vernon Mauery writes: >> The discussion is about automatically setting prefix. > > But if prefix is what root used to be (the location of the kernels, > initrds, etc.) then I don't see how having a grub partition helps in > setting this. It will help locate the grub binaries, but not the > kernels (as I see it). Prefix *is* for locating the GRUB modules and grub.cfg and for nothing else. There is no GRUB partition. The partition we are talking about is a partition the firmware can access to load GRUB from. Because this partition has to be created anyway, it is quite convenient to use it for the modules as well. For locating the kernels you need to set root. If this partition for the firmware is mounted on /boot, prefix==root. Which would be nice, but not a requirement IMO. -- Marco