Bart Grantham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Marco Gerards wrote:
>
>>>Specifically, how are you handling
>>>different filesystem structures in the boot sector?
>>
>> On the PC the bootblock (512 bytes) load the GRUB kernel. This is a
>> binary image with a maximum size of 32KB (IIRC). This is lo
Marco Gerards wrote:
Specifically, how are you handling
different filesystem structures in the boot sector?
On the PC the bootblock (512 bytes) load the GRUB kernel. This is a
binary image with a maximum size of 32KB (IIRC). This is loaded from
a fixed location and no filesystem specific cod
Bart Grantham a écrit :
> Turns out that the installation of
> gcc that I have on my Ultra5 (gentoo stage 3) doesn't support 64bit
> binaries, so I think I'll have to rebuild gcc to really get underway.
Building a working 32bits binary could be another task, to make it
easier to build from 32bits
>> Would you like to help us writing a f-code bootsector?
>
> Well, I did halfway learn Forth a couple years ago in an attempt to port
> my hobby OS over to sparc, and I have both an Ultra 5 and a Blue&White
> Mac G3, so I can do some cross-platform testing. Desite this, I find it
> hard to belie
Bart Grantham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>Is this to say that an f-code bootsector is underway (or maybe even
>>>complete)?
>> At the moment only Vincent is working on the sparc specific part of
>> GRUB 2. I think making GRUB 2 actually useful on the sparc is of
>> higher priority to him (for
Marco Gerards wrote:
Bart Grantham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Didn't want to pollute the list with my dumb questions, so this is
addressed only to you. :)
You can send anything related to GRUB2 to grub-devel, don't worry
about that. The advantage of a mailinglist is that everyone can
reply
Bart Grantham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - It looks like the Sparc port piggybacks on the powerpc port a bit
> for the open firmware bits. Is that correct, or am I missing
> something? If so, I suppose a good goal would be to try to move any
> OF-specific code into it's own module?
The OF co
Vincent Pelletier wrote:
Current status (on CVS) :
Grub 2 boots to rescue mode, ls is buggy.
Only tested in netboot environment (my U10 can boot grubof
straightforward, it's an ELF64 file).
Current status (on my disk) :
Grub 2 has module support, ls is still buggy, I tested some modules and
the
Bart Grantham a écrit :
> I am interested in the development of the Sparc port of GRUB2 and was
> wondering who I could contact about doing some testing, etc. Would the
> maintainer please contact me so I could find out current status, if
> there are any ways that I could help out, etc.
Hi.
Curr
I am interested in the development of the Sparc port of GRUB2 and was
wondering who I could contact about doing some testing, etc. Would the
maintainer please contact me so I could find out current status, if
there are any ways that I could help out, etc.
Thank you,
Bart
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