Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:35:27 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Johann Visagie <johann@egenetics.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: GNU GRUB folks need BSD hackers Message-ID: <3C3DECFF.D9919AC2@mindspring.com> References: <20020110104840.GP82461@fling.sanbi.ac.za>
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Johann Visagie wrote: > Just noticed this, FWIW: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/#bsd > > "We really need help by BSD hackers. Currently, almost nobody works for > BSD-based operating systems, such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. So > we have critical problems in booting later versions of NetBSD and > OpenBSD. FreeBSD is not a big problem, because GRUB can boot it via > /boot/loader for now." Perhaps http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/#download "For now, GNU GRUB is not released publicly yet, but you can still get the test releases from alpha.gnu.org:/gnu/grub/, and the latest version from the CVS. See our project page on Savannah, for more information." Has something to do with the lack of volunteers. Also, their terminology is non-standard; for example, what the heck is "multiboot compliant", which they complain about in the FAQ? I boot my FreeBSD system from BootMagic pretty much every day, no problem at all; it sounds like a GRUB problem, not a Linux/ FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD/everyone-but-us-133t-d00d5 problem. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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