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Re: grub-dumpbios
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Robert Millan |
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Re: grub-dumpbios |
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:23:15 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 01:45:31PM +0800, Bean wrote:
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 4:39 AM, Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 03:57:17AM +0800, Bean wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Perhaps we could incorporate them in grub-update/grub-install, I guess
> >> there should be no harm adding two files in /boot/grub.
> >
> > Please don't. This is really corner case; I at least wouldn't want GRUB
> > to install non-free blobs in /boot/grub automagically.
> >
> > (Those blobs were already in the hardware, so GRUB is not responsible for
> > them, but still...)
> >
> > Is this use case documented somewhere (e.g. in the wiki)? Then users who
> > need it can learn about the procedure from the same place. Also ...
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I've documented the usage of grub-dumpbios in wiki page:
>
> http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook
>
> The commands can be placed there as well. I personally doesn't mind,
> but perhaps it would be easier for casual user to use a command
> instead of typing the dd's directly.
Hi,
I just put the dd commands in that wiki page. I'm removing grub-dumpbios
from svn as it's no longer necessary.
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
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