From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Dl6PH-0001Vn-4Y for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:40:47 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dl6PE-0001Td-6V for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:40:44 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dl6Op-0001I7-NT for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:40:21 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dl6Oh-0000gJ-38 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:40:11 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dl6IP-0006yj-G8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:33:41 -0400 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F8AC8AA5 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:30:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30290-03 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:34:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 593FD8B13 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:30:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E31CC045 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:30:26 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: From: Marco Gerards Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:30:39 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Dennis Clarke's message of "Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:55:41 -0400") Message-ID: <87zmticvlc.fsf@student.han.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: How to create boot CDROM with 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: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:40:44 -0000 Dennis Clarke writes: Hi Dennis, > My system is a PowerPC based unit with open firmware. In fact it is a > GENESI ODW unit thus : http://www.pegasosppc.com/odw.php > > There is no floppy device but I guess I could attach one somehow. > What I need to do is install the GRUB2 bootloader on this unit but I > would prefer to have it on a bootable CDROM first. > > Is there any clear way to achieve this ? GRUB 2 works on the Pegasos II, but I have never tested booting form CDROM. What I usually do is creating an open firmware binary and loading that from the open firmware console. If the CDROM can be accessed from open firmware and you are able to open the binary it will work. Perhaps there is a pegasos specific way to automatically load this binary, but I don't know of a way to do this. To create this PPC specific binary you can read the wiki page: http://www.autistici.org/grub/moin.cgi/TestingOnPowerPC For the pegasos you need to add amiga.mod so GRUB can access your RDB partitions. -- Marco