Re: increasing grubenv file size

[Gnanasekar Loganathan]

Hi Jordan,

Hope so all these environment variables being set from the grub itself
using "set".
Anyhow saving in separate file option is sounds good.
Thanks Jordan.

Thanks,
Gnana


On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Jordan Uggla <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Gnanasekar Loganathan
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi Colin,
>>
>> We are storing environment variables like below:
>>
>> macaddr=ab:cd:ef:12:34:56
>> bootfile=image.gnana
>> ipaddr=172.30.16.203
>> netmask=255.255.0.0
>> serverip=172.30.16.90
>> gatewayip=172.16.1.1
>> ftpuser=username
>> ftppasswd=password
>> bootcmd=flash(0,0):XXXX-OS-8-3-9-23.bin;default_boot;boot
>
> Are these environment variables being *set* from within grub itself,
> or by an administrator booted into an OS? For persistent storage of
> environment variables you can simply set the variables with the
> grub.cfg, or in a separate cfg file which is sourced by the primary
> grub.cfg (like /boot/grub/custom.cfg). Using a normal text file you
> can include as many variables as you want, expanding as needed.
>
> That's not to say that it will never be useful to have a larger
> grubenv, but it doesn't sound like it's needed in your case.
>
> --
> Jordan Uggla (Jordan_U on irc.freenode.net)
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