On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Christian Franke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bean wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Christian Franke > > wrote: > > > ... > > > > Just for info: GRUB2 is now available as an experimental package in > > > the Cygwin distribution. > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > That's nice, but how do you create elf file in cygwin, use cross > > compilation tools ? > > > > The cygwin distro does not include any cross compilation tools. A > package that require tools not in the distro would not be accepted. > > The package is actually build with native cygwin gcc+binutils. > > The related discussion+patches are already on this list, e.g: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2007-11/msg00238.html > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2007-11/msg00237.html > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2007-11/msg00174.html > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2007-11/msg00161.html > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2007-11/msg00160.html
It seems you have spent a lot of effect to make it work, but some trick is not very appealing. I personally don't mind, but I don't know if it can be accepted by others. > > > ... Also, are tools like grub-setup working in cygwin > > environment ? > > > > Yes, grub-setup builds and works OOTB. "grub-install /dev/sda", > grub-emu, grub-mkrescue, ... all work as expected. I use the cygwin > version of GRUB2 on two Windows+Linux work PC. It is IMO useful to > install+maintain boot manager from cygwin bash when Windows is the main > work OS. Can you make it work with mingw, for example, use the -mno-cygwin compile flag ? -- Bean _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
