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Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc
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Marco Gerards |
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Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:24:35 +0200 |
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Nico -telmich- Schottelius <address@hidden> writes:
>> Sure, you can expect it at the end of Juni or before that if possible.
>> I have some code already. I beg people not to work on it because of
>> that, it will be done!
>
> June is a bit far away, but perhaps I'll copy my kernel on a hfs
> partition for testing (I always thought leaving macosx there is a good
> thing ;-).
lol
Make sure it is HFS and not HFS+. HFS+ is just like XFS on my todo
list. If it is important please tell me, as for now no one *needed*
it yet.
>> > 3. grub once killed itself/hangup: I typed
>> > linux (hd,3)/usr<TAB> (hda4 == my /)
>> > But I cannot reproduce it!
>>
>> Which filesystem is used on (hd,3)?
>
> xfs
Right, so an unknown filesystem can make it crash. Perhaps it is
caused by a faulty probe of some other filesystem module. Which
filesystem modules were loaded?
>> > 4. When typing
>> > linux (hd3)/<tab> grub does NOT say "no such device" or something
>> > similar, but prints a new line. For someone who does not see the
>> > typo, he'll be the one who asks on support channels.
>>
>> Right. This can be done if that is what everyone expects...
>
> Well or at least don't print a new line+prompt. That makes me think
> 'oh the expansion is ready|completed'.
I will have a look.
>> > Btw, the same behaviour is seen when doing
>> > linux (hd,3)<tab> (on the not readable xfs partition). I really
>> > would like to see "Cannot read that filesystem (yet)."-message.
>>
>> Tab completion does not print errors at all.
>
> I thought I saw that in grub1
Ok. I will try GRUB Legacy. I think GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy should
work the same for tab completion.
--
Marco
- Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, (continued)
- Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, Nico -telmich- Schottelius, 2005/04/08
- Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, Marco Gerards, 2005/04/08
- Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, Nico -telmich- Schottelius, 2005/04/08
- Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, Marco Gerards, 2005/04/08
- Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, Hollis Blanchard, 2005/04/08
- Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, Nico -telmich- Schottelius, 2005/04/08
- Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, Marco Gerards, 2005/04/08
- Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, Nico -telmich- Schottelius, 2005/04/08
Re: [BUG+Experiences] grub2 on ppc, Marco Gerards, 2005/04/08