On Nov 14, 2012, at 4:52 AM, Simon Geard wrote: > On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 14:18 -0500, alex lupu wrote: >> 2. In general, if grub 0.97 could be used here, does it have >> limitations in >> other complicated configurations, present and in the foreseeable >> future? > > If I remember correctly, grub1 can't be built on a 64-bit system. That > is, it can boot one just fine, but it can't be compiled without > using a > 32-bit compiler. > > Simon. > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Grub 2.00 can be built with ppc, sparc, sparc64, x86, x86_64, and others. Same with Grub 1.9x as well. I had 1.98 working out of he box with sparc64 and not using SILO. Sincerely, William Harrington -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
