Re: [bugs #9532] Atapi CDROM full access Patch for Grub 0.95

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 07:23:59AM -0400, Gandalf wrote:
> Summary:  Atapi CDROM full access Patch for Grub 0.95
> 
> Original Submission:  This Patch is designed for Grub 0.95 which has an 
> iso9660 
> filesystem supported by default. But it can access this 
> disk when system boots from this disk and in No-emu mode.

_Really_ nice. But, where's the patch? Just a few binaries aren't very
useful.

> With patch, grub can access cdrom disk at anytime, by using: 
> 
>          `scdrom --install'

That means after "scdrom --install" you can use "root (cd0)" to access the
cdrom as root device?

If that is so, I think what "scdrom --install" does should be implicit to
the "root (cd0)" command (You can add a hook for this in stage2/disk_io.c
where device names are parsed).

> Yeah, this patch can let grub trans control to this cdrom
> disk(I mean, boot from cd directlly), by using:
> 
>          `scdrom --bootcd'

I think this one should be merged in the "chainloader" command. I.e, the
overall would work like this:

grub> root (cd0)
grub> chainloader
grub> boot

-- 
Robert Millan

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