Bug#693774: ITP: grub-finnix -- Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Ryan Finnie <ryan@finnie.org>
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* Package name : grub-finnix
Version : 107
Upstream Author : N/A, native package
* URL : N/A, native package
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: Shell (dash-compatible /etc/grub.d hook)
Description : Build a Finnix bootloader stanza on GRUB 2 systems
Extended description:
grub-finnix is a GRUB2 configuration hook to boot Finnix, given a
compatible ISO. The stanzas built utilize GRUB 2's loopback mount
support to boot a Finnix kernel and initrd, and passes the location of
the ISO to Finnix. Finnix's first-stage initrd then searches for the
partition containing the specified ISO.
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Note that there are certain restrictions regarding where the ISO may be
placed. Please see README.Debian for installation instructions and
restrictions.
I talked about this briefly with Paul Wise, and while there are several
existing packages which do similar GRUB loaders for other projects
(grub-rescue-pc, grml-rescueboot), they are incredibly specialized to
the target project. It may be possible to abstract this sort of
function into a shared package, but IMHO the shared code between them
would be very small, and discrete packages for each targeted project
would be better for maintenance.
The code is currently being developed at:
https://code.launchpad.net/~finnix/finnix/grub-finnix-pkg-debian
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