[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> When I tried to boot against it, I saw the initial Grub welcome > message, but it immediately gave an error message. I don't have the > error message to show as I've rebuilt the machine with extra partitions > this >>> time. I can now try dedicating one for /boot and possibly one for grub > itself (running the grub-install seemed to insist on one). >> >>Right, the reason for that is that the firmware can't load from ext2 (or > whatever you use). So you need a HFS+ partition as /boot (assuming you > use an apple). > > I'm still a little confused by this. In Gentoo at least, yaboot does not > require a /boot partition, but it does require the apple bootstrap > partition. This is created by using the 'b' command in mac-fdisk, which > creates an 800k HFS partition. Once created, mkofboot is run to format > the bootstrap partition and copy the yaboot files to it. This is the > location where I put the grubof.modules and grub.cfg files.
Right, so you can use that bootstrap partition for GRUB as well. > For grub to work, does this partition need to be larger and then mounted > as /boot in Linux? As long as everything fits on the partition... > Or do I need a separate /boot partition, but it must be an HFS partition? You just need a partition that your firmware can read from. So most likely that would be HFS. > Can I see your /etc/fstab and partition map? It might be easier for me to > just duplicate what you have. Once I get it working, I can figure out > exactly what the requirements are. For what its worth, I'm setting this > up on a MacMini with 256MB. Not sure if that should make a difference. I have a apple bootstrap partition. I don't have the machine here. > >>> Alternatively, is there a description of the layout of the grub2 code > so I can follow the process myself to figure it out? I'm a developer, > but I'm having some difficulty figuring out the organization as I poke > around. Would the documentation for grub legacy help? Is there some > general information floating around that I haven't found yet? >> >>I will write something for the wiki this evening or tomorrow, if nothing > is there about the organisation of the code. Otherwise I'll point you to > the >>right documents. > > Have you looked into this yet? I was hoping to dig through the code > before sending this email :) I feel like I'm doing something > fundamentally wrong and it might be easier just following the logic.. Not yet, sorry... -- Marco _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
