From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JfrAB-0002cK-CY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:37:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A3609E05A1; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:37:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.isohunt.com (b01.ext.isohunt.com [208.71.112.51]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 922BFE05A1 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:37:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6581 invoked from network); 30 Mar 2008 06:37:05 -0000 Received: from S010600022af11287.vc.shawcable.net (HELO curie.orbis-terrarum.net) (24.84.179.214) (smtp-auth username robbat2@isohunt.com, mechanism login) by mail.isohunt.com (qpsmtpd/0.33-dev on beta01) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPSA; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:37:05 +0000 Received: (qmail 31142 invoked by uid 10000); 29 Mar 2008 23:37:13 -0700 Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:37:13 -0700 From: "Robin H. Johnson" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-dev] =sys-boot/grub-0.97-r5 testers wanted Message-ID: <20080330063713.GN3960@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jXoUnAu9pZeaHebo" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 76688550-b5a4-4b6d-bdce-c54a40cfedf1 X-Archives-Hash: c557cb8ad0c716e28d09145e13a0e06e --jXoUnAu9pZeaHebo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi folks, The new -r5 of Grub provides a LOT of functionality and workings over the previous -r3 and -r4, however I would like more testers than I previously had. Specific functionality for testing: - GPT partition tables (bug 178586, 211584) - Large kernels (bug 160801) - * Long command lines (bug 183443) - * Ext3 partitions w/ larger inodes (bug 214563) - *^ Xen memory detection (bug 188312) - *^ CCISS arrays (bug 153393) If you do undertake to test these, I strongly recommend having a LiveCD on hand in case it goes awry. The GPT support I've tested myself enough, but further testing on other GPT layouts would be useful (esp. those created with partitioning tools other than parted). It does contain some definite fixes over the r4 codebase. The large kernel (>3Mb) support I am concerned about side effects with, esp. when the configurable value is turned up high - I tested it briefly, but not in-depth. Items marked with a "*" were not tested by me personally, but I did get some feedback. Items marked with a "^" I have not had any feedback whatsoever on. Please file problems via Bugzilla (file to base-system, I'll see it), and success reports off-list to me. --=20 Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy E-Mail : robbat2@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85 --jXoUnAu9pZeaHebo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Robbat2 @ Orbis-Terrarum Networks - The text below is a digital signature. If it doesn't make any sense to you, ignore it. iEYEARECAAYFAkfvNRkACgkQPpIsIjIzwiyvLwCfb5/PEwnCRymuwKg7TA9rDEAC yGEAn0EEgF+aIP6OaylSRl65Yl/gR1kE =pCKd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jXoUnAu9pZeaHebo-- -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list