From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751485AbWE3MjT (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 May 2006 08:39:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751490AbWE3MjS (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 May 2006 08:39:18 -0400 Received: from web26913.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.146.177.80]:6324 "HELO web26913.mail.ukl.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751485AbWE3MjS (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 May 2006 08:39:18 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.fr; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=jPK5p4oDiZaQkFH5vPbuuu92atg6XVGP9oK/Ue1DDbtkR2GhCLaMqV0jJjkKZ9Hj7CxglCpLxA5HALbUAYlwKyN/RG20FZrFpsS+Hj5RUmsMv1hTl/V68OJZaED7K/eFIn0rd4EAolISYiszClpGEwLjdFBLx4kyLjpz50u9K5c= ; Message-ID: <20060530123917.3147.qmail@web26913.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 14:39:16 +0200 (CEST) From: Etienne Lorrain Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Gujin PC graphic bootloader version 1.4 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org For people following the bootloading process on ia32. Gujin v1.4 is out, correcting all reported bugs, and still using the 32 bit entry point of the Linux ia32 kernel. No big visible changes, but internally it is using more inter-segment real mode calls so is more easily extended, and small chages enable better functionalities, like for instance: - can simulate El-Torito noemul boot from CDROM _or_ HD partition, so that you can copy a bootable CDROM Linux distribution on a partition and boot from it (cat /dev/cdrom > /dev/hda8). - can read and boot FAT with 2048 bytes per sectors, like when creating a FAT16 filesystem on a CDROM (the big block size can be interresting for packet writing). - recognise FAT16 (and not only FAT12) in tiny.img so this timy.img can be install on a USB key to boot directly without menu. - can load > 64 Mbytes kernel or initrd - when creating a bootable CDROM in no-emulation, you can use -boot-info-table without screen garbage displayed and without loss of functionality. To install or upgrade, you should read at least the top of install.txt, mostly if you have SATA drives. Home page and screenshoots of Gujin at: http://gujin.org More information for Gujin on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujin Downloads at Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gujin FAQ/HOWTO at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=1989&group_id=15465 Have fun, Etienne. ___________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail réinvente le mail ! Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface révolutionnaire. http://fr.mail.yahoo.com