NOTE: Adding message of sburtchin Jan 25, 2007; 4:28pm to Nabble thread.
----- Original Message ----- From: "adrian15" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "sburtchin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 7:14 AM Subject: Re: I've Coded a New GRUB Function - What Do I Do Next? > sburtchin wrote: > > I have created a new GRUB command line function (eptedit) and written a patch > > to an existing GRUB function (partnew). What's the next step? How do I get > > these compiled and linked so I can start using them? What do I need to do > > to get these into the official GRUB distribution? > > > > The new code can be found in the following threads on this forum: > > > > How To Write Extended Partition Tables from GRUB? > > > > "partnew" Command Writes Wrong Ending Cylinder in MPT > > > > Please help me with the details so I can start using my new functions. > > Thank you! > > Humm... > > From the source code folder root type make > > This should give you some files on stage2/ which are: > stage2, stage1, stage1_5_e2fs > > and > > then you can install grub with these files manually to test it. > I think it is explained on grub faq. It consists on copying the files on > a /boot/grub/ folder and issuing root and setup commands so that they > get installed. > > Do not hesitate to ask me for more details. OK - that's what I need to patch code to an existing function, but if I want to create an entirely new function, there seems to be changes required in a lot of places. Details are in the thread "How To Write Extended Partition Tables from GRUB?". That's where I really don't know how it all works together - (ie. to create a new function). > > You might be interested on Super Grub Disk source code that automatises > the compilation for the creation of a cdrom or a floppy and once you see > it works on a cdrom... you build the final stage2 and stage1_5 for hard > disks. I will read up on that. > > adrian15 -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/I%27ve-Coded-a-New-GRUB-Function---What-Do-I-Do-Next--tf3038737.html#a8998754 Sent from the Grub - Bugs mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub