On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 09:28:57AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > >The option rom stuff has a number of short comings. Because we hijack > >int19, extboot doesn't get to run. That means that if you use -kernel to > >load a grub (the Ubuntu guys for their own absurd reasons) then grub > >does not see extboot backed disks. The solution for them is the same, > >generate a proper disk and boot from that disk. > > Oh, having extboot + linuxboot + multiboot register a BEV (correct > acronym?) entry instead of hijacking int19 would fix that too. > Additional bonus will be that they are selectable in the boot menu. > Good idea except that we are not good at communicating to seabios where do we want to boot from by default. -- Gleb. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
