Re: [PATCH] make partition active

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 11:52:13AM +0800, Bean wrote:
> > Then we could use parttool syntax. Then parttype can be implemented like
> > grub> parttool hd0,1 type=7
> > makeactive like:
> > grub> parttool hd0,1 boot+
> > And it can even be done by one command
> > grub> parttool hd0,1 boot+ type=7
> >
> > Thank you for your attention to my patches
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In that case, you might want to use options, which save you the
> trouble of parsing parameters yourself, for example:
> 
> parttool [--boot] [--type N] partition

Why don't we make the syntax compatible with Parted?  It supports
non-interactive mode, and is also a GNU project.  Some consistency
between it and GRUB would be nice IMO.

(besides, there's also that project to integrate Parted with GRUB directly,
it used to be in gsoc)

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