From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MZLF4-0003Y9-5D for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:56:02 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZLF0-0003Ur-2W for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:55:58 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZLEv-0003R0-Bs for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:55:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39380 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MZLEv-0003Qo-0T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:55:53 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:60597) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MZLEu-0007Yc-96 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:55:52 -0400 Received: from [85.180.15.107] (e180015107.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.15.107]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrbap2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKt72-1MZLEq49Ca-000pKw; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:55:49 +0200 From: Felix Zielcke To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <5277f7fa0908070149p21d177f3r71672c7c5970afbb@mail.gmail.com> References: <5277f7fa0908070149p21d177f3r71672c7c5970afbb@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:56:48 +0200 Message-Id: <1249635408.3592.7.camel@fz.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.27.5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX180UPcjWmmihpyLc1ZwRCZpnECvbztJsA5Cuaf wd5Q+L22YI5OmOnPVdvBX3ICDA2Q8r6T90wYSzxFHZXPTCLBzd m5+GHcP8IPR1i4aROVESCFkyN7FKq0a X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Three question about grub2 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: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:55:58 -0000 Am Freitag, den 07.08.2009, 14:19 +0530 schrieb J.Bakshi: > Hello list, > > I am collecting some toolkits in my usb-stick powered with grub2. I > installed grub2 in this stick from my debian squeeze box. During grub > configuration some question has developed in my mind and I might be > permitted to ask those in this list. > > 1] I am trying to boot the latest memtest86+ (v2.11) with grub2 as > > ````````````````````` > menuentry "memtest86+-2.11" > { > set root=(hd0,2) > linux /memtest86+-2.11.bin > } > ``````````````````````````` > > but grub reports > > ```````````````````` > zImage doesn't suppoert 32-bit boot (try with linux16) > ``````````````````````` > > I did some googling with this error but haven't found any solution. > What does it mean and how can I fix it ? grub tells you. Use linux16 /memtest86+-2.11.bin > 2] In syslinux.cfg we use "TEXT" to display message. How to do the > same in grub2 ? echo command. > 3] I have seen some distro has keyboard interactive feature in GRUB. > Like "press F2" for help etc. There should be a file with the required > messages to display. But how to bind it with F2 key within grub > configuration to make it work ? Official grub2 doestn't have such a feature. I don't know if Colin Bennet implemented this with his theme support or if the screenshots there just show how it could be displayed if there were such a feature. > I will be very grateful if someone kindly explain these. Also like to > know if any good doc is available. All avaible documentation is in the official wiki http://grub.enbug.org -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer