From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1OsDGF-0004mW-7U for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:19:47 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47192 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OsD4y-00077y-5T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:08:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OsCRH-0000FK-2L for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:27:08 -0400 Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:45927) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OsCRG-0000FD-Tl for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:27:07 -0400 Received: by eyh5 with SMTP id 5so2072684eyh.0 for ; Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:27:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=nHmheR4XW2iA0UvSXCHu5Fk90WnZlZP2vAGyjpre/fo=; b=ACDtkV65293H4CwiCx8yKf0U9pjaw5BXDB7nsNSWNT6BDNInysReo6WG9NOox6wfna KcCst3ZqzRUC6bG4blVtj5kUcjTaszdI2GGkbq8F2lxj7K4Ll0s5MCpXux9oZI9EPnw/ 8MffOSNMMRe/fDbIVZSRO/iOKRvMuzxhmxReA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=aOpMXV6VlGIhTc7bpwdtI8Dehvwgcq3n4qFIXHWaMBBoBSCKb2a5GPrIn275rVbhO1 0gFls2rObyirBDceFiU4hLahHQgSjFDQeVcxAKv5IeZP/g3QvBs8yp2J44tDOsNn0NyO h0j6/4M5EsthtFWDeixX43r4gT85/OoaQiIfE= Received: by 10.213.33.197 with SMTP id i5mr1236132ebd.44.1283682425848; Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:27:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (124.117.63.81.cust.bluewin.ch [81.63.117.124]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a48sm6092309eei.13.2010.09.05.03.27.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:27:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C837068.4050204@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:26:48 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100805 Icedove/3.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig576EDB8206BAF2E4F4DD4054" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: status of grub netboot in GRUB2 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:19:45 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig576EDB8206BAF2E4F4DD4054 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/05/2010 03:46 AM, John Lumby wrote: > Ian Turner wrote: > > =20 >> What happens when you load GRUB from media and then load the pxe modul= e? >> =20 > Well, I don't yet know, as I've not been able to build a bootable flo= ppy image. > This is 1.98, installed with --prefix=3D/usr/grub2 to avoid=20 > clashing with my production grub1 and I try this > > /usr/grub2/sbin/grub-install --root-directory=3D/mnt/dkt fd0 > > where I created a device map: > > cat /mnt/dkt/boot/device.map > (fd0) /dev/sdc > > but the grub_install fails and a bash -x of it reveals, near the end, > > /usr/grub2/sbin/grub-setup --directory=3D/mnt/dkt/boot/grub --device-ma= p=3D/mnt/dkt/boot/grub/device.map fd0 > Invalid device `fd0'. > =20 Well your problem is obvious: /mnt/dkt/boot/device.map !=3D /mnt/dkt/boot/grub/device.map And also it's not recommended to specify GRUB device on command line. Jus= t remove all device.map and do: /usr/grub2/sbin/grub-install --root-directory=3D/mnt/dkt /dev/sdc > I copied my grub_install command exactly (other than the explicit path = of the script) from the one shown in > > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Installing-GRUB-using= -grub_002dinstall.html#Installing-GRUB-using-grub_002dinstall > > In particular the device name of fd0. > > Also the bash -x trace shows that elsewhere in the grub_install script,= it did use my devicemap and did map fd0 to /dev/sdc (and in fact built a= lot of files on the diskette). But not bootable! > > Can anyone help me build the bootable floppy? Or does it have to be = a CD? Or is there some other way I can try out your suggestion? > > =20 >> Do you get access to the PXE filesystem? >> I think you can even specify the tftp server to use by ... >> =20 > John > > =20 > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > =20 --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig576EDB8206BAF2E4F4DD4054 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAkyDcHUACgkQNak7dOguQgnYSwEAnJU42u8dtlfs2lX91Xu0xELv PLvDZAL3isXOOygUdtMBAJ2AlbZy9/hZFaTvPJSajoWJU+BM4/XPuIIbR+v5iF7b =xDK0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig576EDB8206BAF2E4F4DD4054--