[ITP] VOTE: grub 1.96-1 [experimental]
Dr. Volker Zell
dr.volker.zell@oracle.com
Fri Mar 28 16:46:00 GMT 2008
>>>>> Charles Wilson writes:
> Christian Franke wrote:
>> But the GRUB2 package does contain more than these binaries
>> (kernel.img + 76 .mod files). It provides several support tools to
>> install (grub-install), try boot menu and shell (grub-emu), check
>> native filesystem access (grub-fstest) or build rescue boot
>> cdrom/floppy images (grub-mkrescue).
> [snip]
>> If GRUB2 is used and Windows is the main work OS, it is IMO useful
>> to maintain the boot manger from Cygwin. If GRUB2 is not used as
>> boot manger, the tools in the package can still be used to create
>> rescue disks, tryout the boot shell or even access files in
>> partitions with non-Windows filesystem.
> That makes sense. Objection withdrawn, and +1.
+1
Ciao
Volker
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