After reading previous threads on the subject I'm not sure if this is a configure bug or if I really need a different objcopy? I am installing GRUB on an XP/cygwin system. I know that's asking for trouble but I'm also a know-nothing Linux newbie.
regards, w configure:3129: checking for objcopy configure:3145: found /usr/bin/objcopy configure:3155: result: objcopy configure:3171: checking if C symbols get an underscore after compilation configure:3186: gcc -g -S conftest.c configure:3189: $? = 0 configure:3216: result: yes configure:3219: checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses configure:3232: gcc -c -g -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wunused -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -mal ign-jumps=1 -malign-loops=1 -malign-functions=1 -Wundef conftest.c >&5 cc1: warning: -malign-loops is obsolete, use -falign-loops cc1: warning: -malign-jumps is obsolete, use -falign-jumps cc1: warning: -malign-functions is obsolete, use -falign-functions conftest.c:3: warning: no previous prototype for `cmain' configure:3235: $? = 0 configure:3245: gcc -g -nostdlib -Wl,-N -Wl,-Ttext -Wl,2000 conftest.o -o conftest.exec /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _mainCRTStartup; defaulting to 00002000 configure:3248: $? = 0 configure:3256: objcopy -O binary conftest.exec conftest configure:3259: $? = 0 configure:3245: gcc -g -nostdlib -Wl,-N -Wl,-Ttext -Wl,8000 conftest.o -o conftest.exec /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _mainCRTStartup; defaulting to 00008000 configure:3248: $? = 0 configure:3256: objcopy -O binary conftest.exec conftest configure:3259: $? = 0 configure:3267: cmp -s conftest.old conftest configure:3270: $? = 0 configure:3245: gcc -g -nostdlib -Wl,-N -Wl,-Ttext -Wl,7C00 conftest.o -o conftest.exec /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _mainCRTStartup; defaulting to 00007c00 configure:3248: $? = 0 configure:3256: objcopy -O binary conftest.exec conftest configure:3259: $? = 0 configure:3267: cmp -s conftest.old conftest configure:3270: $? = 1 configure:3281: result: no configure:3284: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your binutils _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub