28.06.2013 02:14, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Uhm and that grub-firmware-qemu doesn't work as well?
I haven't said "it doesn't work". I said that some features require particular bios implementation and/or version. This does not mean that the whole thing is broken. Now, back to the topic: grub-firmware-qemu. I haven't heard of it myself until you mentioned it here. It looks like they completely omit bios and run grub on "pure hardware", but I haven't digged into details. I don't see an immediate reason for it to not work, -- most likely grub will run there. How useful it is to boot some real OS is a different question. > What is it used for then? Maybe ask grub maintainers? Honestly I have no idea. But at any rate you sure can try other things as bios, -- be it alternative bios implementations or something entirely different like grub firmware. Qemu depends on seabios for a reason, it should provide a working system. You can play with parts of this system on your own, using alternative anything, but out of the box - without extra arguments like -bios - it should work, and it works only in the way it is currently shipped - depending and using components which form a working and tested system. This is why this bug is tagged "wontfix": it will continue depending on the particular bios implementation, but you're free to try any other of your choice. Thanks, /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
