Re: Details on blocklist in stage2/stage1_5

[Kenneth Porter]

On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 16:08, Bill Rees wrote:
> Why keep changing these locations?  I like the idea that another platform is
> trying to use grub and nailing down at least a tiny protocol to handle
> version info or the relocation of version info might be a good move for the
> future.

Agreed!

It didn't occur to me that PartitionMagic would break a GRUB setup, as
I've historically used LILO, where there's no detached piece within a
partition to worry about.

How about providing a hunk of code, perhaps as a Windows-format DLL,
that understands GRUB's blocklist layout and can regenerate it? This
code is rebuilt along with GRUB, so it tracks the current boot protocol.
When PM detects a GRUB setup, it copies this DLL to its own media (eg. a
floppy) and uses it to update the blocklist after the move/resize.