From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1J9TGQ-0007TG-B3 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:37:42 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9TGP-0007SF-9D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:37:41 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9TGM-0007Q2-TI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:37:40 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J9TGM-0007Ps-KY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:37:38 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9TGM-0006g6-6S for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:37:38 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 31 Dec 2007 17:37:36 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95083618FE1; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:37:36 -0500 (EST) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <1199090700.15525.17.camel@peder.flower> References: <20071231031229.1ilqcnpcwkc0oww8@webmail.spamcop.net> <1199090700.15525.17.camel@peder.flower> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:37:35 -0500 Message-Id: <1199140655.7332.15.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.2 (2.12.2-2.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Subject: Re: Testing on PowerMac G4 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:37:41 -0000 On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 09:45 +0100, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > Pavel Roskin writes: > > > However, GRUB starts in the rescue mode, > > and I cannot do anything in that mode. > > In rescue mode, type > > insmod normal > normal > > That will print the error why the menu is not started, because > this should have been automatic, or else it will starts the menu. Oh well, that PowerMac G4 won't work at all anymore (looks like a hardware failure, there is no video output), so I'm trying it on PowerMAC G3 (Blue&White). I copied grub.cfg and kernel.elf to the root of the HFS boot partition hd:2. I entered openfirmware on startup by holding Alt-Mac-O-F. I used "dir hd:2,\" to check that kernel.elf is there. Then I loaded it with "boot hd:2,\kernel.elf". That's what I got: grub rescue> insmod normal error: unknown device grub rescue> normal unknown command `normal' Try `help' for usage grub rescue> lsmod Name Ref Count Dependencies grub rescue> set prefix=(ultra0,2) root=ultra0,2 grub rescue> ls (ide0/disk) DISK-LABEL: read of block0 failed (cd) DISK-LABEL: read of block0 failed (zip) (ide1/disk) (hd) (utltra0) My guess is kernel.elf doesn't include the necessary code. It's about 60k long. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin