[arch-releng] grub install not listing partitions

[Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi]

On 12/15/2011 04:43 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
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> ----- Mensaje original -----
>> De: Thomas Bächler<thomas at archlinux.org>
>> Para: arch-releng at archlinux.org
>> CC:
>> Enviado: jueves, 15 de diciembre de 2011 7:43
>> Asunto: Re: [arch-releng] grub install not listing partitions
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>> Am 15.12.2011 16:13, schrieb Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi:
>>>   On 12/15/2011 09:36 AM, Heiko Baums wrote:
>>>>   Am Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:55:50 +0100
>>>>   schrieb Thomas Bächler<thomas at archlinux.org>:
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>>>>>   More importantly: Don't use grub, use syslinux (which will
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>>>>>   install in the /boot partition).
>>>>   But syslinux can't handle multi-boot systems. Or is that fixed in
>> the
>>>>   meantime?
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>>>>   Heiko
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>>>   Yes, since syslinux-3.08 (05/2005) with com32 module mboot.c32 ;)
>> No, mboot.c32 can chainload "multiboot kernels". However, these
>> kernels
>> still need to be on the syslinux home partition! In theory, you could
>> use this to chainload grub2, but it fails for very annoying technical
>> reasons.
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> Yes, multiboot system, also know as multiboot protocol.
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> Reading files from another fs != multiboot system.
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Anyway this discussion seems to be about multiple boot loaders, not 
about multiboot. So ignore my two previous messages :)


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