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Re: [PATCH] make partition active
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Robert Millan |
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Re: [PATCH] make partition active |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Mar 2009 21:54:20 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 11:52:13AM +0800, Bean wrote:
> > Then we could use parttool syntax. Then parttype can be implemented like
> > grub> parttool hd0,1 type=7
> > makeactive like:
> > grub> parttool hd0,1 boot+
> > And it can even be done by one command
> > grub> parttool hd0,1 boot+ type=7
> >
> > Thank you for your attention to my patches
>
> Hi,
>
> In that case, you might want to use options, which save you the
> trouble of parsing parameters yourself, for example:
>
> parttool [--boot] [--type N] partition
Why don't we make the syntax compatible with Parted? It supports
non-interactive mode, and is also a GNU project. Some consistency
between it and GRUB would be nice IMO.
(besides, there's also that project to integrate Parted with GRUB directly,
it used to be in gsoc)
--
Robert Millan
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