From: "Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Add prefix option to grub-mkconfig
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:04:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EA875C0.3010803@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMPnHXyks35BPNSbBMjE8Y=bknGOO04mE1i=iLJPRtM2JsUs4A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 26.10.2011 22:54, Keshav P R wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 02:18, Seth Goldberg <seth.goldberg@oracle.com
> <mailto:seth.goldberg@oracle.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Personally, I'd love to see boot-directory go away also -- I
> think you should be able to specify the exact directory you want
> without worrying about /grub being appended. Same goes for mkconfig.
>
> --S
>
>
> Yes, that would be best and gives direct control to the user. For now
> GRUB_PREFIX denotes that final dir (atleast in the scripts).
>
Ok, I open directory you specifiec without thinking too much and spill
loads of files in it. Happy sorting.
> - Keshav
>
>
>
> Quoting Keshav P R, who wrote the following on Thu, 27 Oct 2011:
>
> Hi all,
> As discussed in #grub irc, I think going the
> --boot-directory way as
> phcoder suggested will lead to unnecessary complexity. I would
> prefer
> directly mentioning the path to grub_prefix dir, as in case of
> uefi installs
> the prefix dir could be anything (/efi/grub, /efi/grub2,
> /efi/grub_custom,
> /efi/redhat, /efi/ubuntu etc.). Using --boot-directory in such
> a case also
> requires --bootloader-id etc. to be provided.
> Proper GRUB_PREFIX is required for video.lst and
> locale_dir setting
> in grub.cfg. The patch with --prefix option is at
> http://pastie.org/2763921. Please give your views.
>
> Regards.
>
> Keshav
>
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-26 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-22 18:02 Add prefix option to grub-mkconfig KESHAV P.R.
2011-09-16 6:17 ` KESHAV P.R.
2011-09-16 17:18 ` Seth Goldberg
2011-10-13 21:29 ` Jamie Kitson
2011-10-26 20:44 ` Keshav P R
2011-10-26 20:48 ` Seth Goldberg
2011-10-26 20:54 ` Keshav P R
2011-10-26 21:04 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko [this message]
2011-10-26 21:07 ` Seth Goldberg
2011-10-26 21:14 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2011-10-26 21:22 ` Seth Goldberg
2011-10-26 21:42 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2011-10-26 22:23 ` Seth Goldberg
2011-11-22 9:21 ` Keshav P R
2011-11-25 13:26 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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