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Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software
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Bogdan |
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Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software |
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Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:40:34 -0700 (PDT) |
> EDD is still INT 13h, last I checked - just function 42h rather than 2h.
> We use that. Nevertheless, we still get occasional reports of problems
> due to BIOS limitations.
That's why I used the term "conventional INT 13h interface."
> Moving partitions in an OS installer as a prerequisite for actually
> working properly (which is a large part of what I care about given my
> work on Debian and Ubuntu) is far too unsafe, especially if the size of
> the partition exceeds half the size of the disk, as it often will.
Unfortunately, it's the only solution I can think of at the present time. GRUB
can't interpret all file systems and having a data base of all applications
that
mess with the boot track is even worse IMO.
> Users can of course ask for it if they're clueful, but clueful users are
> unlikely to run into this problem in the first place!
That's a good point.
Cheers,
Bogdan
- Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Colin Watson, 2010/09/23
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Lennart Sorensen, 2010/09/23
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Richard Stallman, 2010/09/24
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, address@hidden, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Bogdan, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Colin Watson, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Bogdan, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Colin Watson, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Bogdan, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Colin Watson, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software,
Bogdan <=
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Colin Watson, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Lennart Sorensen, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Bogdan, 2010/09/28
- Grub2 Install Image, Dee Sharpe, 2010/09/28
- Re: Grub2 Install Image, Dmitry Ilyin, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Phillip Susi, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Colin Watson, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Phillip Susi, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2010/09/28
- Re: Guidance on conflicts between GNU GRUB and proprietary software, Lennart Sorensen, 2010/09/28