diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS index fe92f40b5..95f6c1b83 100644 --- a/BUGS +++ b/BUGS @@ -1,22 +1,17 @@ Known problems/bugs: + - GRUB cannot boot any uncommon format of floppies, such as 1.68MB. + Perhaps we should add support to embed a fixed geometry in a drive. + - GRUB cannot boot FreeBSD 3.4 and 4.0 directly. So you must chain-load them instead. - - GRUB hangs up when accessing a disk via Adaptec AIC-7880 - SCSI-controller in LBA mode. It is unknown if this is due to GRUB or - the SCSI BIOS. For now, you need to disable the BIOS support for - INT 13 Extension (that is, you can't use the LBA mode). - - FreeBSD boot command-line options are slightly problematic, and OpenBSD options are probably quite wrong. This is because they use options that are bits in a data word passed at boot time, and the developers change the encoding sometimes. Will re-sync in a later release. - - Password feature in the config file is a bit primitive, and needs - fleshing out/design work to make more intuitive. - - If an "uppermem" command was used to tell GRUB it had a different amount of upper memory available, then the user escapes to the menu interface, the upper memory displayed there still says the amount diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 339de099d..9b1a23d21 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ New in 0.5.95 - XXXX-XX-XX: "grub-install" has the same effect as to the command "install". * The configure script doesn't accept the option `--disable-lba-support-bitmap-check' any longer. Use the option above. -* The network support is updated to Etherboot-4.5.8. So now we have +* The network support is updated to Etherboot-4.6.0. So now we have 3Com59x and DEPCA drivers. * Now you can omit the configuration file argument to the command "password". If you omit it, then GRUB will just unlock privileged @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ New in 0.5.95 - XXXX-XX-XX: * The new command "lock" can be used to prevent end-users from executing arbitrary menu entries. This command will emit an error until the user enters a correct password. +* Recognize the Linux extended partition type. +* Pass a correct memory size to Linux and *BSD. New in 0.5.94 - 2000-03-06: * Stage 1 supports both the LBA mode and the CHS mode. diff --git a/README b/README index c1de99226..66c5c7b60 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ personal computer BIOSes: - provides fully-featured command line and graphical interfaces - recognizes fdisk partitions and BSD disklabels - - can dynamically read Linux ext2fs, BSD ufs, MS-DOS FAT16 and FAT32, - and Minix fs filesystems, plus hardcoded blocklists + - can dynamically read Linux ext2fs and ReiserFS, BSD ufs, MS-DOS + FAT16 and FAT32, and Minix fs filesystems, plus hardcoded blocklists - can boot Multiboot-compliant kernels (such as GNU Mach), as well - as standard Linux and BSD kernels + as standard Linux and *BSD kernels See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB. @@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ DEVELOPERS: to subscribe to the mailing list, send e-mail to Just hit enter when CVS prompts you for a password. See for more details. +If you are really interested in the rapid development, you can subscribe +to the list , by sending e-mail with the subject +"subscribe" to . This list is not for a +general purpose but will notify you of CVS logs whenever any developer +checks in patches. + IMPORTANT SIZE LIMITS: - For the FFS stage1.5, if you want to fit into the "bootloader" area diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index fa56d7bac..8a9edcc72 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Priorities: parameters. * Support embedding a Stage 1.5 in the "bootloader" area of a FFS - partition. + partition. (We already have the code, but need an approval by an + expert before turning on the support. Any volunteers?) * Support embedding a Stage 1.5 in the EXT2_BOOT_LOADER_INO of an ext2fs partition, so that it won't be accidentally erased or modified by