From: Peter Åstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy geometry detection (was: 2.88 Mb)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 07:16:42 +0200 (CEST)
> Has this been observed even for new
> computers?
Good question. Unfortunately, I don't know the answer because all
floppies I have been using are 1.44MB
From: John Tobey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Patch: grub --fake-fd0=FILE
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:20:16 -0400 (EDT)
> configure:1570: checking whether addr32 must be in the same line as the
>instruction
> configure:1579: gcc -c conftest.s
> conftest.s: Assembler messages:
>
OKUJI Yoshinori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Has this been changed since the old GRUB 0.5? It was there for a
> > reason.
>
> Yes, we have changed this to use BIOS, because your original code
> didn't work with the "floppy emulation" in the El Torito
> specification. It seems that we shoul
> Yes, we have changed this to use BIOS, because your original code
> didn't work with the "floppy emulation" in the El Torito
> specification. It seems that we should reconsider the floppy probe
> technique. Perhaps the right thing to do is:
>
> 1) Call INT 13, AX=4B01 (Bootable CD-ROM - GET S
From: Erich Boleyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy geometry detection (was: 2.88 Mb)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 21:44:43 -0700
> Has this been changed since the old GRUB 0.5? It was there for a
> reason.
Yes, we have changed this to use BIOS, because your original code
didn't work with t
Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Rogelio M. Serrnao wrote:
>
> > I have an IBM PS2 77s with a 2.88 Mb disk drive. I dd'd GRUB stage1 and
> > stage2 on a 1.44 Mb diskette. When I try to boot from that diskette, all I
> > get is "Read Error".This does not happen with
OKUJI Yoshinori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.9.1.tar.gz new
> > enough? Mine is 2.9.1.0.25. I didn't see a binutils on
> > alpha.gnu.org.
>
> 2.9.1 is too old for us. 2.9.1.0.25 is enough new. Please do not
> bother me with saying "where
From: Mark Lundeberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation documentation
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 16:35:04 -0700 (PDT)
> Yes, but wouldn't it be nice to have LBA support and other devices to be
> supported all integrated into a single stage1? Only keeping track of 1
> block would free up (c
On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, OKUJI Yoshinori wrote:
> I have already suggested the same idea in this list, but some
> persons told me that using Stage 1.5 would be enough. And, I agreed
> with them. So, I'd like to say to you, just like they said to me, "Why
> do you want to change the mechanism, thou
From: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot write stage2
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 01:08:47 +0400 (EEST)
> Well, I've rewritten it.
Thank you very much! You are a very nice guy. :)
> Also Stage1 will be written after Stage2, so that unsuccessful patching
> of Stage2 will prevent m
From: Jeff Sheinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation documentation
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:42:39 -0400 (EDT)
> IMNSHO, the block list for stage2 belongs in the first block of
> stage2 itself. This way, stage1 only needs a pointer to the first
> block of stage2.
I have already
From: John Tobey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Patch: grub --fake-fd0=FILE
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 14:31:36 -0400 (EDT)
> Ah, excellent! I checked out the CVS tree, but configure complains
> about GAS .code16 addr32 support. Is
> ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.9.1.tar.gz ne
From: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Floppy geometry detection (was: 2.88 Mb)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:20:30 +0400 (EEST)
> The first time BIOS thought that the disk A: is 1.2M while it was a 1.44M
> drive and a 1.44M diskette.
Is this applicable to the current as well?
> As we a
OKUJI Yoshinori writes:
> From: Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Installation documentation
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:51:05 -0700
>
> > the install line. Should I bother with stage1.5 examples anymore (Are
> > they ever needed now that LBA mode works?)
>
> Yes, definitely
Hello, OKUJI!
> I don't want to reject your patch again and again, but I don't like
> the second solution, because the name "blocklist_func" does not
> repesent what it really does. I think that if it's enough to set a
> variable only once, it should be set only once. Thus, I don't like the
> p
> The current version has a more flexible interface, the command
> "device". You can set a drive to an arbitrary file, like this:
>
> device (fd0) floppy-image
Ah, excellent! I checked out the CVS tree, but configure complains
about GAS .code16 addr32 support. Is
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/gn
Hello!
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Rogelio M. Serrnao wrote:
> I have an IBM PS2 77s with a 2.88 Mb disk drive. I dd'd GRUB stage1 and
> stage2 on a 1.44 Mb diskette. When I try to boot from that diskette, all I
> get is "Read Error".This does not happen with lilo. I intend to use GRUB
> to boot Mach4.
From: John Tobey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Patch: grub --fake-fd0=FILE
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 04:14:09 -0400 (EDT)
> This patch lets the grub utility operate on a floppy image in the
> filesystem as if it were the disk. Let me know if it needs more work.
The current version has a more flex
Hi, ive got two things id like to bring up.
The first relates to linux root raid0 v0.9 support. Second regarding a more
graphical boot screen.
Currently the linux kernel supports booting from linear or striped raid
partitions, but bootloaders wont boot from stripped partitions. Apparently
it can
Hi,
This patch lets the grub utility operate on a floppy image in the
filesystem as if it were the disk. Let me know if it needs more work.
Thanks
-John
--- grub-0.5.92/grub/main.c~Mon Jul 26 07:04:07 1999
+++ grub-0.5.92/grub/main.c Wed Sep 22 03:41:59 1999
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
int use_
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