Re: GRUB as linux LOADLIN???
On Saturday 27 April 2002 04:26, Grant Edwards wrote: On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:26:42PM +0100, John Sutton wrote: I'm trying to find a way to boot a linux kernel from an already running linux system *without* returning control to the BIOS i.e. without rebooting the system. I suppose what I really need is a linux port of LOADLIN? I'd love to find something like that. I reboot from one kernel to another pretty frequently, and it's a PITA to have to sit there and watch the machine while it shuts down so that I can catch GRUB or LILO at the right time and pick the right kernel. Someone posted a patch to implement the -R functionality of LILO for GRUB a while ago. See http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-grub@gnu.org/msg05402.html and follow-ups. Cheers, Alex ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
Error when running configure script from grub-0.91.tar.gz
Hi!
I am getting the following error when trying to .
configure grub to be compiled on my RedHat 6.0 system, kernel
2.5.5-15:
checking for a BSD compatible install...
/usr/bin/install -cchecking whether build environment is sane...
yeschecking for mawk... nochecking for gawk... gawkchecking whether
make sets ${MAKE}... yeschecking build system type...
i?86-pc-linux-gnuchecking host system type... i?86-pc-linux-gnuInvalid
processor type
I have a P4 with 512meg RAM. I can compile other
programs using "configure" - any ideas why GRUB's configure script does
this...?
Thanks!
Stefan Viljoen
Re: Error when running configure script from grub-0.91.tar.gz
On Sunday 28 April 2002 21:29, Stefan Viljoen wrote:
Hi!
I am getting the following error when trying to . configure grub to be
compiled on my RedHat 6.0 system, kernel 2.5.5-15:
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking build system type... i?86-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i?86-pc-linux-gnu
Invalid processor type
I have a P4 with 512meg RAM. I can compile other programs using configure
- any ideas why GRUB's configure script does this...?
This seems to be due to an outdated version of config.guess used by
configure. Try setting the host system manually using
./configure --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu
Cheers,
Alex
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Re: need terminfo for serial console?
At Sun, 28 Apr 2002 20:50:56 +0200, Dr.Tilmann Bubeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you (the project coordinators) interested in getting a patch for grub to read terminfo files on harddisk, therefore enabling it to use any terminal emulation? If that could make the code more spaghetti-like, I wouldn't be interested in that. Also, I wonder how many people would benefit from that. So If you believe such a feature is very important, you will have to elaborate on your environment and needs. BTW, do you still use VT52 really? I thought it was used when I was born. Thanks, Okuji ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
Re: need terminfo for serial console?
--- Yoshinori K. Okuji [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At Sun, 28 Apr 2002 20:50:56 +0200, Dr.Tilmann Bubeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you (the project coordinators) interested in getting a patch for grub to read terminfo files on harddisk, therefore enabling it to use any terminal emulation? If that could make the code more spaghetti-like, I wouldn't be interested in that. Also, I wonder how many people would benefit from that. So If you believe such a feature is very important, you will have to elaborate on your environment and needs. it will not change the code much. The most obvious change would be, that all your hardcoded escape strings, like \e%dJ will be replaced by something link cursordown(X). This is a new function which will get the escape code from the terminfo table. It will therefore work with any terminal, not just vt100. If YOU want, then I could make the whole thing #ifdef'ed but this would not be necessary, because your old vt100 code will still work (because also vt100 together with all 1581 current terminal definitions of terminfo). This feature is of interest to all people using a serial console but not using a vt100 terminal. As you can see in terminfo (or termcap: /etc/termcap) there are currently 1581 different terminals defined. This is, because people are using it. They would definitevly benefit. As I told you in my last mail, I had not yet started the coding. I am not willing to distribute this thing as a seperate patch, but I would like this to be included in the main tree. Surely, you cannot tell me, that you would accept my patch (because maybe it will look very bad (but it will not) :-). But if you tell me now, that you even don't like the idea, then I will not start with the thing, because my spare time is rare. So I would like to get a feeling, if you would accept the patch (if it is good programmed), and then disucss with you the different implementation directions (e.g. you #ifdef or not), include vt100 definitions to be backward compatible... Please tell me, if you like this idea. Till BTW, do you still use VT52 really? I thought it was used when I was born. Well, the terminal I use is a IBM3161. I choose the name vt52 because it is widely known. However, my idea will cover ALL terminals not just vt52. My IBM3161 is cheap, small, and very good for using at my home-server, which resides in the cellar. Are you using a CRT? Its too big and heavy... Thanks, Okuji Thank you! Till = +---+-+ | | dr. tilmann bubeck reinform medien- und | | rein | informationstechnologie AG | | form | cell.: +49 (172) 8 84 29 72 koenigstrasse 80 | |AG | fax : +49 (711) 7 22 77 34 70173 stuttgart / germany | | | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.reinform.de | +---+--(in gruendung)-+ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com ___ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
