hi, why did you scrap ivt.bin loading ... seems much more complicated now. I'm not sure if I remeber right, but I think ivt.bin worked best for me ...
2009/3/26 Bean <bean12...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > This is another update, it contains the following changes with regards > to the previous one: > > 1, Move loadbios command to commands/efi directory. > 2, loadbios support an optional second parameter which is the int10 > vector dump file. > 3, The linux command enables frame buffer by default, so you don't > need video= option anymore. > 4. New command fix_video to fix video register issue with efi. With > this, you can boot to console mode with agp enabled. > 5, New shell script grub-dumpbios which can be used to generate the > bios dump from pc mode. > > As the commands usage have changed in the previous patches, here is a > summary of what you should do with this latest patch: > > 1, Boot without bios dump. > > This is the commands to use: > > search --set /vmlinuz > fix_video > fakebios > linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1 > initrd /initrd.img > > 2, Boot with bios dump. > > First, boot to pc mode, then use script grub-dumpbios to generate the > dump files: > > sudo grub-dumpbios -o /boot/ > > video bios dump is in vbios.bin, int10 vector is in int10.bin. /boot/ > is the output directory. > > Then, use the following commands in grub2: > search --set /vmlinuz > fix_video > loadbios /boot/vbios.bin /boot/int10.bin > linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1 > initrd /initrd.img > > Moreover, if you're booting 2.6.27-28, amd64 kernel, you need to add > noefi option. > > -- > Bean > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel