Re: GRUB 0.5.92 is released
hi folks,
I've been checking out grub-0.5.92 for about 2 weeks now from potato.
The apt-get install method works quite well:
) apt-get install lilo- to remove lilo
) apt-get clean to make sure lilo is really gone
) apt-get install grub to install the grub deb
I found stage1 and stage2 in /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/. My problem is, I
believe, that I was using a bootloader prior to grub. It is called
"System Selector". It was adequate for use with windows and redhat but
when I switched to debian it would periodically change the mbr so that
lilo couldn't find the linux native partitions. Needless to say I've
become quite skilled at installing debian/linux. It uses a method of
hiding primary and extended partitions until they are needed.
I'm planning on switching from "System Selector" to grub completely so
that debian/linux and debian/hurd can have a permanent home on my
machine. Using a combination of both is not working. I have to be
careful because I have mission-critical work installed in one of my
windows98 OSes. I'm doing a full back-up just in case.
I BELIEVE MY ONLY CHOICE IS TO DO A FDISK/MBR. Does anybody see an
alternative? I've tried everything else I can think of.
enough whining and a few questions for my game plan:
)does grub support booting FAT32 or should I be sure to use only FAT16?
)can I boot more than one FAT partition(two PRI DOS FAT16, one PRI DOS
FAT32 each partition supports an OS) with my menu.lst? The two FAT16s
are just small boot partitions to the second harddrive.
)should I keep my hurd and debian boot partitions below cylinder 1024?
Gordon Matzigkeit wrote:
>
> I'm pleased to announce the release of grub-0.5.92.
>
> It is available as an unstable/main/binary-i386/base Debian package,
> as well as a tar file from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/misc/
>
> New in 0.5.92 - 1999-07-26:
> * Bug fixes (i.e. Stage 1.5 can work fine again).
> * The /sbin/grub stage2 simulator now works at least on GNU/Linux, and
> uses the Linux HDIO_GETGEO ioctl to determine hard disk geometry.
> * TAB not only lists filenames, but also completes a filename when the
> filename is unique.
> * Password is not echoed back, put an asterisk for each of input
> characters.
> * stage2_debug is removed, and the debugging features are added into
> stage2.
> * Color menu support.
> * New command "quit".
> * The man page for /sbin/grub.
> * All documents become Texinfo.
> * Linux video mode selection is supported.
> * The new Stage 1 `stage1_lba' supports LBA addressing mode.
>
> Thanks to all who made this release possible. Special thanks to OKUJI
> Yoshinori, who did nearly all the development work between 0.5.91 and
> 0.5.92. I'm just acting as the release guy.
>
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