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- update-grub rewrite. Modular design, extensibility, etc. Will now be part of the upstream package.

- GPT: For non-EFI systems, GPT needs patching (see #407338)
  - EFI: Mandatory for Intel-Mac. Probably others during lenny life period.

- UTF-8 in menu: Needs unifont-bin (currently in queue/NEW), and latest update-grub upstream patch.
  - gettext: Not implemented, should be trivial though.

- LVM / software RAID: Investigate how complete/usable it is.

- powerpc: New port.

- grub.cfg is scriptable.		  * update-grub rewrite. Modular design, extensibility, etc. Will now be part of the upstream package.
 * GPT: For non-EFI systems, GPT needs patching (see #407338)
  * EFI: Mandatory for Intel-Mac. Probably others during lenny life period.
 * UTF-8 in menu: Needs unifont-bin (currently in queue/NEW), and latest update-grub upstream patch.
  * gettext: Not implemented, should be trivial though.
 * LVM / software RAID: Investigate how complete/usable it is.
 * powerpc: New port.
 * grub.cfg is scriptable.
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- splash screen: The abstraction layer for using VGA/VBE/whatever is there. There's also a bitmap loader (PNG support being worked on). We just need to figure out how to enable it (maybe the user interface is missing).

- ReiserFS not implemented: being worked on? ask Subdino @ #grub about it

- XFS is implemented, but doesn't work too well: much like GRUB Legacy. Not really a regression in fact ;-).

- CDROM support. Not really important since Debian isn't using GRUB for CD boot atm, but it might be an interesting option for lenny.
  - 64-bit detection on x86: needed for multi-arch DVDs.

- grub-reboot

- "hiddenmenu" option

- Weird hardware RAID paths (e.g. /dev/fubar/bazXsY). Check for regressions there (see [grub]/lib/device.c)

- Rescue floppy and CD (i.e. grub-disk package)		  * splash screen: The abstraction layer for using VGA/VBE/whatever is there. There's also a bitmap loader (PNG support being worked on). We just need to figure out how to enable it (maybe the user interface is missing).
 * ReiserFS not implemented: being worked on? ask Subdino @ #grub about it
 * XFS is implemented, but doesn't work too well: much like GRUB Legacy. Not really a regression in fact ;-).
 * CDROM support. Not really important since Debian isn't using GRUB for CD boot atm, but it might be an interesting option for lenny.
  * 64-bit detection on x86: needed for multi-arch DVDs.
 * grub-reboot
 * "hiddenmenu" option
 * Weird hardware RAID paths (e.g. /dev/fubar/bazXsY). Check for regressions there (see [grub]/lib/device.c)
 * Rescue floppy and CD (i.e. grub-disk package)

This page is about migrating GRUB Legacy to GRUB 2.

Initial proposal sent by Otavio: http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2007/04/msg00328.html

Improvements

This list skips the obvious about cleaner design, etc etc. Only tangible improvements here.

  • update-grub rewrite. Modular design, extensibility, etc. Will now be part of the upstream package.
  • GPT: For non-EFI systems, GPT needs patching (see #407338)
    • EFI: Mandatory for Intel-Mac. Probably others during lenny life period.
  • UTF-8 in menu: Needs unifont-bin (currently in queue/NEW), and latest update-grub upstream patch.
    • gettext: Not implemented, should be trivial though.
  • LVM / software RAID: Investigate how complete/usable it is.
  • powerpc: New port.
  • grub.cfg is scriptable.

Regressions

  • splash screen: The abstraction layer for using VGA/VBE/whatever is there. There's also a bitmap loader (PNG support being worked on). We just need to figure out how to enable it (maybe the user interface is missing).
  • ReiserFS not implemented: being worked on? ask Subdino @ #grub about it
  • XFS is implemented, but doesn't work too well: much like GRUB Legacy. Not really a regression in fact ;-).
  • CDROM support. Not really important since Debian isn't using GRUB for CD boot atm, but it might be an interesting option for lenny.
    • 64-bit detection on x86: needed for multi-arch DVDs.
  • grub-reboot
  • "hiddenmenu" option
  • Weird hardware RAID paths (e.g. /dev/fubar/bazXsY). Check for regressions there (see [grub]/lib/device.c)
  • Rescue floppy and CD (i.e. grub-disk package)