Re: gsd grub2 option proposal

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Aug 30, 2005, at 1:28 PM, adrian15 wrote:
> I wanted to talk about user interaction.
> User Interaction is very important on Grub Super Disk.

First you need to define "Grub Super Disk," because I really don't know 
what you're talking about...

> # Default values of swapped disks and devices to boot
>
> swapped_hd=2nd hard disk
> swapped_hd_value=(hd1)
> boot_dev=(fd0)
>
> # grub_title is the variable for showing the grub title (in place of 
> free
> mem and grub version)
> grub_title=Swap 1st hard disk with $swapped_hd and boot $boot_dev
>
> title Select Swapped hard disk
> option 2nd hard disk
> swapped_hd=2nd hard disk
> swapped_hd_value=(hd1)
> option 3rd hard disk
> swapped_hd=3rd hard disk
> swapped_hd_value=(hd2)
> option 4th hard disk
> swapped_hd_value=(hd3)
> swapped_hd=4th hard disk
>
> title Select device to boot
> option 1st partition 2nd hard disk
> boot_dev=(hd1,0)
> option floppy
> boot_dev=(fd0)
> option cdrom
> boot_dev=(cd)
>
> title Go!
> map (hd0) $swap_hd_value
> map $swap_hd_value (hd0)
> rootnoverify $boot_dev
> boot

This might even work now, although obviously you would need to select 
two entries: some hard disk, and then "Go!". Doesn't seem very 
convenient to me.

If you're just trying to avoid typing that stuff under "Go!", I guess a 
script function would be useful here.

-Hollis