Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you could, I would also like to boot my system with GRUB, but am having > difficulties. My system sounds very similar to yours. Please let me know > if you find anything that's not posted to the list. I would really > appreciate it.
Ok well now I can boot my linux system from GRUB on the hurd floppy. I made to changes. Added an entry to the menu.lst for GRUB, and compiled a kernel with my boot partion defined. My next trick will be to make GRUB and HURD bootable from the zip disk. Then, and probably when I actually have a reason to run hurd, I'll install grub on my harddisk. The GRUB docs say it doesn't pass boot prompt stuff to the kernel. This will be a problem if you need that. I don't think I do anymore. The latest kernels detect memory over >64meg. And the root partion can be specified when compiling the kernel. The boot partion is defined in the ./linux/Makefile, as follows; # # ROOT_DEV specifies the default root-device when making the image. # This can be either FLOPPY, CURRENT, /dev/xxxx or empty, in which case # the default of FLOPPY is used by 'build'. # #ROOT_DEV = CURRENT # The original setup ROOT_DEV = /dev/sda2 My GRUB list looks like this to boot off /dev/sda2; # # menu.lst - GRUB configuration file for the GNU Boot Floppy # title= Install Debian GNU/Hurd (not yet implemented) kernel= /boot/gnumach.gz root=fd0 module= /boot/serverboot.gz title= Install bootloader (DANGEROUS!) pause= Hit Escape to abort, Enter to continue... install= (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 p title= Start an installed bootloader root= (hd0,0) chainloader= +1 title= David's Hurd Installation on the harddisk (sd0s4) root=(fd0) kernel= /boot/gnumach.gz root=sd0s4 module= /boot/serverboot.gz boot title= David's Hurd Installation on the zip disk root=(fd0) kernel= /boot/gnumach.gz root=sd1s0 module= /boot/serverboot.gz boot title= David's Linux Boot 2.1.117 from the harddisk root=(hd0,1) #where the grub stuff is # This kernel has /dev/sda2 compiled in as default root kernel= (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.1.117 boot -- Binary Bar - Australia's first free access internet bar/cafe/gallery. 243 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. 3pm - 1am http://www.binary.net.au/
