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Re: [PATCH] Use hfs case ordering - another try


From: Jordi Mallach
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use hfs case ordering - another try
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:38:38 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17)

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:39:56AM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Please realize that the hfs fix is just a part of what needs to be done.
> 
> For GRUB to be a drop-in replacement for yaboot (at least on Fedora),
> the installation script should be able to understand the layout where
> only few files are located on the true boot partition (in hfs format,
> perhaps not mounted), whereas most GRUB files and kernels are placed on
> a "second boot partition" in ext2 format mounted under /boot.

I agree that grub-install and the other tools should know more about
/boot/grub being a separate partition in order to be able to mount it for a
correct install. Not so much on the two boostrap partitions, my tiny one
as generated by the Debian installer ages ago is good enough to hold a
copy of GRUB and a "just in case" copy of yaboot. But of course, this could
be an optional setup.

/dev/hda2             974K  697K  278K  72% /boot/grub

See Michel Dänzer's post I just forwarded. Besides what you pointed out,
it seems there are other serious problems with the new HFS patch which
make it fail as before.

Jordi
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