Re: grub dumps core

2005-03-04 Thread Peter Jones
On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 12:29 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: [...] I get a core dump if I try to install grub on an USB stick (amd64). Sample session: [...] grub setup (hd1) setup (hd1) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists... yes Checking if /boot/grub/stage2 exists... yes Checking if

Re: grub dumps core

2005-03-04 Thread Harald Dunkel
Peter Jones wrote: Do you have the NX features of the amd64 turned on? If you're not sure, try booting with noexec=off. If it works once you do that, then you're using NX, and that's causing grub to have some problems. I would guess it is on. Using noexec=off the core dump is gone (using the

device_map file not documented

2005-03-04 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, What exactly is the device_map file good for? I haven't found this documented anywhere (0.96). Regards Harri signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org

Re: grub dumps core

2005-03-04 Thread Harald Dunkel
Harald Dunkel wrote: Peter Jones wrote: Do you have the NX features of the amd64 turned on? If you're not sure, try booting with noexec=off. If it works once you do that, then you're using NX, and that's causing grub to have some problems. I would guess it is on. Using noexec=off the core dump