> Hello, > > I started working on bringing in compatible boot loaders for use with > x86_64 (and, possibly, PowerPC). The idea at first was just to move all > bootloaders down to chapter 8 and list which ones are compatible for > which arch/setup. > > I have started on that route already, see here: > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~jhuntwork/lfs-trunk/ > > But as I'm working on this, I figured I'd pop in to grub2 headquarters > and see what the status is. I know that historically, this community > hasn't really been too fond of grub2 because of all the perceived > attention spent on bells and whistles. > > Still, the idea of one bootloader that works for nearly all hardware > (their site says: It is working on PC, OpenFirmware-based PowerPC > machines (PowerMac and Pegasos) and EFI-based PC (IntelMac)), it's just > too attractive to ignore completely. > > The latest version is 1.96, released in February of this year. Has > anyone tested this yet? >
I did some work on the PowerPC GRUB2 implementation some time ago and have not looked at it in a while. I took some pictures of an OpenSolaris/Solaris Nevada situation on PowerPC back then and still have them around : http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/grub2/03_Jul_2007/grub2_000.jpg http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/grub2/03_Jul_2007/grub2_001.jpg http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/grub2/03_Jul_2007/grub2_002.jpg It worked well enough even if I did have problems with the menu list initially. I can't recall the last time I have looked at this or given it any thought. Perhaps I should take a glance there again as I was ( past tense ) doing some LFS work earlier this year on PowerPC and had diligently documented each and every build step. -- Dennis Clarke -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
