On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 01:32 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 04:26:15PM -0800, walt wrote: > > >diff --git a/kern/i386/loader.S b/kern/i386/loader.S > > >index 266f4ef..88f3045 100644 > > >--- a/kern/i386/loader.S > > >+++ b/kern/i386/loader.S > > >@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ FUNCTION(grub_multiboot_real_boot) > > > cli > > > > > > /* Move the magic value into eax and jump to the kernel. */ > > >+ movl $0x80, %edx > > > movl $MULTIBOOT_MAGIC2,%eax > > > popl %ecx > > > jmp *%ecx > > >@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ FUNCTION(grub_multiboot2_real_boot) > > > cli > > > > > > /* Move the magic value into eax and jump to the kernel. */ > > >+ movl $0x80, %edx > > > movl $MULTIBOOT2_BOOTLOADER_MAGIC,%eax > > > popl %ecx > > > jmp *%ecx > > > > > >Please note that this is not a proper patch, it assume booting from > > >the (hd0,0,a). you can adjust the value of %edx if you boot from other > > >partition. > > > > Sorry, I don't know what adjustment to make. I did find a macro for > > MULTIBOOT_INFO_DISK_INFO but it's never actually used anywhere :o/ > > > > I'm trying to load (hd0,3,a) -- can you show me the right value for %edx ? > > If he guessed right, you don't need to do anything special, and 0x80 > will work for you. > > The patch is not correct because it breaks setups in which boot disk is not > the first one. But that doesn't seem to affect you.
Sorry to report that this patch changes nothing :o( Behavior is exactly the same. However, that particular section of code seems to be for multiboot kernels, and the FreeBSD kernel is not multiboot (yet). Could that be the problem? _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
