From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LXHvH-0000vX-39 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:26:51 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXHvE-0000tG-Lx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:26:48 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXHvC-0000s9-Vx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:26:48 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33087 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LXHvC-0000rp-JW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:26:46 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:11938) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LXHvC-0001hE-4a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:26:46 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 11 Feb 2009 11:26:44 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0112F34C6D for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:43:34 -0500 (EST) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <4992D603.9030105@gmail.com> References: <4992D603.9030105@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:26:41 -0500 Message-Id: <1234369601.25774.5.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.4 (2.24.4-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] make partition active 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: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:26:48 -0000 On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 14:43 +0100, phcoder wrote: > Here's the patch to add a replacement for old "makeactive" command > New syntax is > activate PARTITION > E.g. > activate hd0,1 Is it necessary to change the name? I think "makeactive" is a better name for what it does. Maybe we could use a more generic solution, e.g. a command for setting different flags (or "attributes" in GPT terminology), such as bootable, read-only, hidden (that would apply only to some partition types in the PC partition table) and so on. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin