From: Proneet Biswas <proneetb@redback.com>
To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: GRUB on powerpc
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:40:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46D5E7D2.2060305@redback.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9f50a7a00708291303s5b44c11by5d1e026cbc97b25f@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Jerone,
Thanks for the response. Let me investigate if there are other
bootloader options as one of the requirements for us is
also to move away from openfirmware.
Regards
Proneet.
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Jerone Young wrote:
> Hollis Blanchard can better answer this but I think I have most the
> answers for you..see below.
>
> On 8/29/07, Proneet Biswas <proneetb@redback.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am fairly new to the grub bootloader. So if the question is already
>> answered, please feel free to point me to the relevant pointers/FAQ. We are
>> trying to use GRUB on a new powerpc based platform for loading 2.6 linux
>> kernel.
>> Q1: Which is the latest stable version which I should start with ?
>>
>
> Grab the latest cvs build.
>
>
>> Q2: Will this require openfirmware to be involved at any intermediate
>> stage of loading or GRUB would be able to directly load the kernel.
>>
>
> Yes current powerpc port does require open firmware.
> http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnPowerPC
>
>
>> Q3: Are there any specific limitations on the kind of file systems or
>> storage media for loading kernel ?
>>
>
> The grub have to be on a FAT filesystem so that Open Firmware can
> read them. I've only tested it with the kernel in the same filesystem.
> But since grub can read ext3 I see no reason why it shouldn't be able
> to read the kernel from another partition formated ext3...though I
> have not tried this.
>
>
>> Regards
>> Proneet.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-29 21:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-29 19:07 GRUB on powerpc Proneet Biswas
2007-08-29 20:03 ` Jerone Young
2007-08-29 21:40 ` Proneet Biswas [this message]
2007-08-29 23:45 ` Jordi Mallach
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