From: <doiggl@velocitynet.com.au>
To: reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: reiser4 and grub2
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:12:50 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a6095cdae37dccc7dedbecc65d67a580@mail.velocitynet.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CBC37E3.3050301@gmail.com>
On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:04:51 +0200, Edward Shishkin
<edward.shishkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> sannikov wrote:
>> Good day.
>>
>
> Hello.
>
>> I want to ask you about reiser4 and grub-2.
>>
>> I am try to write to Yuriy Umanets but his mailboxes are inactive...
>> Some few days ago I findes his request about this.
>> (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008-02/msg00263.html)
>>
>> If it is possible, can you describe current state of Raiser4 support in
>> Grub2.
>>
>
> Unsupported.
>
>> As I know this task yet placed in Grub's TODO list.
>> I hope this idea yet alive.
>>
>
> I didn't look at grub2/fs interface yet, but believe that it
> is better then grub1's one.
>
> There is a patch for reiser4 support in grub1. I don't
> think it will be a big problem to adjust this one for grub2:
> the sources are quite understandable.
>
> The only thing I am unhappy with is that it can not boot
> reiser4 via module stage1_5 (it is too big and can not
> fit in 62 sectors), It means that user will need to re-install
> grub every time after defragmentation (currently
> unsupported, but upcoming). So it would be nice to resolve
> this problem in grub2 somehow.
>
> Btrfs stage1_5 module with multi-device support
> successfully fits in 62 sectors. Why reiser4 can not?
> I think we need to get rid of the mini-library with a lot
> of unneeded functions and put everything in one file
> (as other file systems do).
>
> Thanks,
> Edward.
>
I found some reference material [1] on grub2 as well.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275&highlight=grub2+basics
Questions
- Can grub2 start a Reiser4 partition on / and boot from that ?
- Will Reiser4 fit into the boot sectors that grub2 accesses ?
Cheers Glenn
[1]
It covered topics of the following :-
1. Introduction
2. First Look Differences
3. Improvements
4. Booting Grub
5. Grub 2 Files & Options
6. Adding Entries to Grub 2
7. Removing Entries from Grub 2
8. Grub 2 Splash Images & Theming
9. Changing Menu Resolution
10. Password Protection
11. Booting to Recovery Mode w/o Menu Option
12. Uninstalling GRUB 2 > GRUB
13. Reinstalling GRUB 2 from the LiveCD
14. Booting to LiveCD ISO
15. Booting from the Rescue Mode
16. Restoring GRUB2 / XP / Vista / Win 7 Bootloaders
17. Grub Rescue Image
18. Selected Problems & Bugs
19. Links
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-05 4:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-18 9:18 reiser4 and grub2 sannikov
2010-10-18 12:04 ` Edward Shishkin
2010-10-20 13:33 ` doiggl
2010-10-20 19:10 ` sannikov
2010-10-20 23:35 ` Christian Stroetmann
2010-10-21 8:24 ` doiggl
2011-03-05 4:12 ` doiggl [this message]
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