I’ve never used vmlinuz to boot. Any suggestions?? Currently looking but maybe you can provide a faster solution than I’ll be able to research. Thanks!
> On Nov 26, 2019, at 8:51 AM, Waldek Kozaczuk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pekka, > > Thanks for finding this. From what I remember I found multiboot not that > widely supported comparing to vmlinuz. > > Please note that OSv vmlinuz is not compressed so we simply wrap loader.elf > > I really need to revise the boot wikis > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Nov 26, 2019, at 08:46, Pekka Enberg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> >> >>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 3:30 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I just looked and I do not have any of those files anywhere on my system >>> (did the find command). >> >> Aah, my tree was not up-to-date. Looks like Waldek removed Multiboot support: >> >> commit 2a34f9f2acb582b8351c3ca7cac0ac2ad18dfe2a >> Author: Waldemar Kozaczuk <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed Jul 24 17:54:56 2019 -0400 >> >> Remove obsolete loader.bin build artifact and related source files >> >> At some point long time ago the loader.bin artifact was added >> as a way to boot OSv on multiboot bootloaders. Unfortunately it got >> abandoned with time, >> then resurrected with the commit >> e44133273ebdbb305b045b6a74c347a96cab9943 to allow >> OSv boot on hyperkit in multiboot mode which never became fully >> functional. >> >> Given that now we have Linux-compatible vmlinuz.bin artifact generated >> than can be used to boot OSv on hyperkit, there is no need to keep this >> arifact >> around - the boot process and all kinds of its variation are complex >> enough. >> >> Signed-off-by: Waldemar Kozaczuk <[email protected]> >> >> But, GRUB should be able to boot to "vmlinuz.bin" if it's really compatible >> with Linux kernel. >> >> - Pekka -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSv Development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osv-dev/9FF78D8E-B323-4845-AE50-1D415661F308%40comcast.net.
