David Krings wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >>> So why not give an option to write >>> the kernel data onto the first partition regardless of what that is, >>> although....it then needs to be able to read NTFS. I guess that would be >>> asking too much. >>> >> Read support for NTFS has been in the kernel for a while. Write >> support is available as well. (I forgot the package name.) > > Yea, in the kernel, but this is about the time before the kernel is > loaded. It needs to be GRUB that can read kernel location data as well > as the driver from an NTFS partition and that is asking quite a bit > since then GRUB would need to know a whole bunch of partition formats to > satisfy everyone. > You could always use LILO - the boot loader does not read any file system - it just knows the location on the disk. The installer/updater gets the location from the kernel, so as long as the kernel knows, that is all that matters. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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