Re: partition layouts - "root"

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Marco Gerards wrote:

> Hollis Blanchard <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > > root is not a command but a variable in GRUB 2.
> >
> > Actually, I see now that it is a command: grub_rescue_cmd_root() in
> > kern/rescue.c. Is that only a rescue mode thing? That seems to be
> > exactly what I need... aside from the very confusing use of "root"
> > meaning where GRUB finds the kernel and "root" meaning where Linux
> > finds /sbin/init.
>
> Personally I do not care about if GRUB is confusing for linux users.
> As I see it, GRUB is not only a linux loader.

I see that Mach also uses "root" as a kernel argument. I certainly 
agree that GRUB is not only a Linux loader. However I strongly disagree 
that we should intentionally confuse Linux users.

Perhaps using "grubroot", "grubprefix", "grubbase", or similar will be 
acceptable?

> > I cannot find any grub_env_get("root") callers.
>
> I thought I have changed the command to the variable.  But perhaps
> this was only done for prefix (although that would be weird...).  In
> that case we need a `root' variable.  It is high on my todo list now,
> but don't rely too much on me and my todo list and please write it if
> you need it.  It is the right thing to do it this way.

So each menu entry should look something like this?
        title foo
                set root=bar
                multiboot /kernel

-Hollis