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Re: USB device not seen by grub
From: |
Robert Millan |
Subject: |
Re: USB device not seen by grub |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:36:49 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 06:27:07PM -0600, address@hidden wrote:
> 2009/12/3 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <address@hidden>:
> > Chris Jones wrote:
> >> I am trying to have grub boot off a partition on a USB stick.
> >>
> >>
> > You can't chainload to disk invisible by BIOS. But you can load
> > supported OSes from it.
>
> What would be necessary to enable chainload to such devices? Install
> an IRQ 19 handler?
Yeah, something like that. In essence, GRUB acting as a BIOS. Sounds awful,
but hey we already have "efiemu".
> Invoke the extension ROM of the host adapter so
> that it hooks IRQ 19?
There's usually no such ROM. Except for adapters that come in discrete
PCI cards. And even then, I doubt it's always present.
--
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."
- Re: USB device not seen by grub, (continued)
- Re: USB device not seen by grub, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/12/03
- Re: USB device not seen by grub, Chris Jones, 2009/12/03
- Re: USB device not seen by grub, Chris Jones, 2009/12/03
- [solved] Re: USB device not seen by grub, Chris Jones, 2009/12/04
- Re: [solved] Re: USB device not seen by grub, address@hidden, 2009/12/04
- Re: [solved] Re: USB device not seen by grub, Chris Jones, 2009/12/04
- Re: [solved] Re: USB device not seen by grub, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/12/05
- Re: [solved] Re: USB device not seen by grub, Chris Jones, 2009/12/10
- Re: [solved] Re: USB device not seen by grub, Chris Jones, 2009/12/23
Re: USB device not seen by grub, address@hidden, 2009/12/03
Re: USB device not seen by grub, address@hidden, 2009/12/04
Re: USB device not seen by grub, Robert Millan, 2009/12/05