address@hidden: Bug#199470: grub: add support for '--no-floppy' to grub-install]

[Jason Thomas]

Okuji, Does below look correct, can I upload this. Thanks.

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> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 10:56:39 +0300
> From: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Bug#199470: grub: add support for '--no-floppy' to grub-install
> 
> Package: grub
> Version: N/A
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Please add support for '--no-floppy' command line parameter to grub-install,
> which would be passed to grub - there is a certain need for such parameter 
> on flopyless stations.
> thanks. the patch is provided below (sorry, no reportbug utility on this 
> machine)
> 
> --- grub-install.orig   2003-07-01 10:19:57.000000000 +0300
> +++ grub-install        2003-07-01 10:45:36.000000000 +0300
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>  grub_prefix=/boot/grub
> 
>  install_device=
> +no_floppy=
>  force_lba=
>  recheck=no
>  debug=no
> @@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
>    --root-directory=DIR    install GRUB images under the directory DIR
>                            instead of the root directory
>    --grub-shell=FILE       use FILE as the grub shell
> +  --no-floppy             do not probe any floppy drive
>    --force-lba             force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy
>                            BIOS
>    --recheck               probe a device map even if it already exists
> @@ -225,6 +227,8 @@
>         rootdir=`echo "$option" | sed 's/--root-directory=//'` ;;
>      --grub-shell=*)
>         grub_shell=`echo "$option" | sed 's/--grub-shell=//'` ;;
> +    --no-floppy)
> +        no_floppy="--no-floppy" ;;
>      --force-lba)
>         force_lba="--force-lba" ;;
>      --recheck)
> @@ -316,7 +320,7 @@
>      # Create a safe temporary file.
>      test -n "$mklog" && log_file=`$mklog`
> 
> -    $grub_shell --batch --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
> +    $grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
>  quit
>  EOF
>      if grep "Error [0-9]*: " $log_file >/dev/null; then
> @@ -399,7 +403,7 @@
>      count=5
>      tmp=`echo $file | sed "s|^${grubdir}|${grub_prefix}|"`
>      while test $count -gt 0; do
> -       $grub_shell --batch --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
> +       $grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF 
> >$log_file
>  dump ${root_drive}${tmp} ${img_file}
>  quit
>  EOF
> @@ -424,7 +428,7 @@
>  test -n "$mklog" && log_file=`$mklog`
> 
>  # Now perform the installation.
> -$grub_shell --batch --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
> +$grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
>  root $root_drive
>  setup $force_lba --stage2=$grubdir/stage2 --prefix=$grub_prefix 
> $install_drive
>  quit
> 
> 
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Kernel Version: Linux diedas 2.4.20-686-ByRGBv2 #3 Wed Mar 26 13:50:28 EET 
> 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
> 
> 

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