-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thank you for answer. I thought I could use just those first 512 bytes (MBR) of harddrive without modifying the filesystem. Now it seems I will need to reserve some 200 kB for grub on each drive (I plan it to use in computer labs -- cca 60 computers). It would be ok. But can I force grub to download the menu file from network? Thanks.
lukas On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Christoph Plattner wrote: > Sorry, this is not possible. > > The "intelligence" for downloading is either in stage2 or in the > network boot prom (etherboot, etc....). > > It is even not possible to use stage1_5 for that. But this may be an > interesting hack ! There are several stage1_5 for supporting > exactly one FS, so there should be also one 1.5 for tftp only > to load stage 2. > > I do not know, if the driver is small enough for that, but I think, > thats possible. Especially there is enough space for stage 1.5 on > disk. Even on a 32MB Compact Flash, there is space for 15.5KB, > the stage 1.5 for minix I tested has only 6.5KB. > > For that feature, the GRUB build has to be restructed a little bit. > > But use the simple method with a floppy ! > There are two ways. The fastest is to make an etherboot floppy. > This Image has only 20KB and is loaded in one second. The GRUB is > fetched via TFTP. There is further a possibility to install the > ehterboot on a harddisk. Perhaps you could check, if this is a > way for you ! > > With friendly regards > Christoph > > > Lukas Kubin wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Is there a way how to load grub stage1 from harddrive and let it download > > the rest from tftp server? I need it to support stations without boot > > prom (for them we use pxegrub). > > Thank you. > > > > lukas > > > > - -- > > Lukas Kubin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > phone: 00420603836180 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > > > > iD8DBQE9tayM4TIZ2lmUAtsRAkyDAJ9zAcLdHUPt4J53kw4VBtEmOicSAQCggA4b > > PF8Yg7BxjOpCxCuerCumA0c= > > =4W2K > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bug-grub mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub > > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------- > private: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > company: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub > - -- Lukas Kubin phone: +420696398285 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Information centre The School of Business Administration in Karvina Silesian University in Opava Czech Republic http://www.opf.slu.cz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iD8DBQE9tqKohukdIiZrwu4RAmMLAJ0UGRuBHVU1je/CDv2yOvnADJkkqQCgizwo Io0S11mDyX0IRLePh4yHc34= =cDz6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
