Re: [PATCH] Add multiboot2 header

2021-09-07 Thread Almudena Garcia
What mattered with this? It was a interesting project El mar, 9 feb 2021 a las 19:55, Marc Dunivan () escribió: > Actually, I'm trying from the hard disk. I can boot from the cdrom and >> have a working console if I choose "Legacy BIOS" in the bios >> options. But I couldn't install Debian GNU/Li

Re: [PATCH] Add multiboot2 header

2021-02-09 Thread Marc Dunivan
> > Actually, I'm trying from the hard disk. I can boot from the cdrom and > have a working console if I choose "Legacy BIOS" in the bios > options. But I couldn't install Debian GNU/Linux this way, if I recall > correctly, so now I'm trying to keep uefi. > You probably already have addressed this

Re: [PATCH] Add multiboot2 header

2021-02-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Andrea G. Monaco, le mar. 09 févr. 2021 16:34:21 +0100, a ecrit: > could you please try it too Samuel? To be frank, ATM I don't have time to spend on diverse things. I already have a hard time managing to do my daily work without hitting my sleep time. Samuel

Re: [PATCH] Add multiboot2 header

2021-02-09 Thread Andrea G. Monaco
> Maybe before grub-mkconfig: GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX > or using e to edit boot configuration and add: > https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#gfxpayload > they say it set the video mode in which Linux is started... but > maybe it would apply to Mach too. I tried, but i

Re: [PATCH] Add multiboot2 header

2021-02-09 Thread Paul Dufresne
About not seeing the GNU Mach console because the BIOS is started in graphical mode...  if I understood the problem. Reading Grub doc... [This paragraph probably don't work because it says it inform Linux to use text mode] Maybe before grub-mkconfig: GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX or using e to e

Re: [PATCH] Add multiboot2 header

2021-02-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Andrea G. Monaco, le mar. 09 févr. 2021 02:34:41 +0100, a ecrit: > Do you get that message only when using "multiboot2"? Yes. > In that case, could you please try at the grub2 prompt one line at a > time? Does the "multiboot2" line evokes any output? multiboot2 itself doesn't produce any output.

Re: [PATCH] Add multiboot2 header

2021-02-08 Thread Andrea G. Monaco
> grub does find both headers indeed, but that doesn't boot, it says > " > error: you need to load the kernel first. > " > as if it doesn't recognize the gnumach file as being a proper ELF kernel > file. Thanks for testing! I get the same message when using "multiboot2". In my case I

Re: [PATCH] Add multiboot2 header

2021-02-08 Thread Samuel Thibault
Andrea G. Monaco, le mar. 09 févr. 2021 01:11:11 +0100, a ecrit: > I think that keeping both headers is ok, because they are very small and > have different magic numbers. You can choose which one to use at grub2, > since "multiboot" and "multiboot2" are different commands. > > I checked that both

[PATCH] Add multiboot2 header

2021-02-08 Thread Andrea G. Monaco
Hello, while trying to figure out uefi, I wrote a multiboot2 header. It's an exercise, but I'll share it anyway. I think that keeping both headers is ok, because they are very small and have different magic numbers. You can choose which one to use at grub2, since "multiboot" and "multiboot2" a