From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JKkyu-0006wZ-3A for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:46:16 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKkys-0006vo-Gu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:46:14 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKkyr-0006uQ-1m for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:46:14 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKkyq-0006uN-VS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:46:13 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKkyq-0008PQ-Cc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:46:12 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JKkyj-0003wb-N7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:46:05 +0000 Received: from adsl-69-234-195-142.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net ([69.234.195.142]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:46:05 +0000 Received: from wa1ter by adsl-69-234-195-142.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:46:05 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: grub-devel@gnu.org From: walt Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:46:40 -0800 Organization: none Message-ID: References: <20080127200634.GA8249@thorin> <20080128091133.GA14058@thorin> <1201531036.5105.12.camel@k9.localnet> <1201695867.5117.6.camel@k9.localnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-69-234-195-142.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 3.0a1pre (X11/2008013004) In-Reply-To: Sender: news X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader 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, 01 Feb 2008 01:46:15 -0000 Bean wrote: > On Jan 30, 2008 8:24 PM, walt wrote: >> Sorry, I gave you incomplete information. I can use 'multiboot' to load >> the netbsd from any kind of fs, but it makes no difference: 'boot' then >> causes the machine to reboot instantly. The same applies to aout: I >> can aout load from any fs, but then 'boot' make the machine hang. The >> type of fs makes no difference. >> >> I can still 'chainload +1' or 'linux' successfully. >> >> All of the above applies to the latest grub2 from cvs with your most >> recent ufs and aout patches applied. > > in this case, the ufs driver should be ok. > > btw, do you remember to apply the multiboot patch ? you can also make > a qemu image for me to test. Aha! I forgot the multiboot patch :o( Now I can multiboot netbsd from any filesystem and it 'just works'. Most excellent, thank you! Sadly, 'aout /boot/loader' still hangs when I type 'boot'. The loader is obviously probing the floppy drive because I can hear it seeking just like it does when the machine reboots. This is not what happens when /boot/loader is working normally -- it should immediately load the kernel from the hard disk with no additional hardware probing. Let me know if I can give you any more info.