Re: Changes in GRUB help

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On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:22 AM, KESHAV P.R. <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:08:45 +0100
>> From: Robert Millan <address@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Changes in GRUB help
>> To: The development of GNU GRUB <address@hidden>
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>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:15:11PM +0530, KESHAV P.R. wrote:
>> > * Add support for Fedora's initramfs (semi-patch attached) - name like
>> > initramfs-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64.img .
>>
>> Your patch looks like it ought to work;  have you tested it?
>>
>> > Please document grub-extras in grub.enbug.org website.
>>
>> You can do that if you like; it's a wiki.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Millan
>
> Yes, the patch definitely works. It is part of Fedora's GRUB2 src-rpm
> package. But I changed the 10_linux.in file manually before compiling grub2.
> The strange thing is that even without any initrd line in the menuentry, the
> Fedora system boots successfully (my guess is that the Fedora's kernel
> searches for its compatible initramfs file without relying on grub or
> grub2).

Linux initramfs is inside the kernel binary, not a separate file, and
so needs no extra support from the bootloader.

>
> As for documenting grub-extras, I don't know how to use a wiki . Also please
> change the behavior of the "help" command as soon as possible. Thank you.
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