From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Li6QD-0006Ny-47 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:23:29 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Li6QA-0006K8-SL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:23:26 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Li6Q6-0006Bv-0d for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:23:26 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56935 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Li6Q5-0006BU-Qz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:23:21 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f176.google.com ([209.85.220.176]:33604) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Li6Q5-0005OT-Cr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:23:21 -0400 Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so2751427fxm.42 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:23:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lZomy0eLwYG0jcg2bot25ksviXlyctY2/BhCmMe05Q4=; b=QBskogxdz8n1hWsBTX65GPo7UY46S+rHkPePxr9DBHnXP3M1vnospGrqWD8YSJ3/Je 4ELTpKyx3KfuCTUqSpFvHrvaF3soRGjGiKMuvxlXgTfcIROK1In2Nn2MX3cO3wO9ni3F 1en9VnstpM48R+dVb3GBGYfXmhVuWNLfntCAg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=p067rIMzb57VhGIg/bXtcJMi9t7bfwW9Wd5eZncMtxv05OE7QT4wVxJ82nz3GihHWX DpsfYV8Qbgxz2qA+JwdTBRjFKVkm95ou0ThOd+U/1FHh/WSj3vsCG5Mj2MjH2TbiNwgH Tw+ZSDSqjr6PIpwKwO3uxLrPQneOhiHe1s9Ck= Received: by 10.103.247.14 with SMTP id z14mr625845mur.70.1236946998959; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:23:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?129.132.210.186? (vpn-global-dhcp3-186.ethz.ch [129.132.210.186]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm3530133muq.35.2009.03.13.05.23.18 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:23:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49BA5037.60007@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:23:19 +0100 From: phcoder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <49A50DA2.20604@netsyncro.com> <1235881685.24700.7.camel@mj> <20090304205952.GC31201@thorin> <200903132050.12393.okuji@enbug.org> In-Reply-To: <200903132050.12393.okuji@enbug.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: Migrating to GRUB 2 in Debian (Re: Interesting GSoC project ideas for 09) 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: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:23:27 -0000 Look at load_env/save_env commands and grub-editenv util Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > On Thursday 05 March 2009 05:59:52 Robert Millan wrote: >> We don't need a complete match of all the GRUB Legacy features in order to >> migrate. The things I identified as needed for migration in Debian are >> listed here: >> >> http://wiki.debian.org/GrubTransition >> >> I think Xen is fixed now though (someone can confirm?). For grub-reboot >> / savedefault almost all the pieces are there already (thanks to bean). >> >> For lock / password we need to agree on whether the proposed approach is >> acceptable, or otherwise what needs to be done. > > I have the same regression problem as Debian, personally. The password-based > security feature is not quite important for me, but savedefault / fallback > are critical to use GRUB in a remote environment (to upgrade / replace a > kernel safely). > > So, I am ready for spending time to review any patch about this. Could you > pinpoint where the "proposed approach" is? > > Regards, > Okuji > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko