question about adding a field into linux boot header

2011-03-24 Thread GuoMinskey
I want to use setup_data fields of linux boot header, but grub doesn'tsupport it. So, I cone latest grub repo (1.99) and modify grub code asfollows: 1. in include/grub/i386/linux.h, struct linux_kernel_header {@@ -130,6 +144,8 @@ grub_uint16_t pad1; /* Unused

Re: question about adding a field into linux boot header

2011-03-24 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 24.03.2011 09:12, GuoMinskey wrote: > > > I want to use setup_data fields of linux boot header, but grub doesn't > support it. So, I cone latest grub repo (1.99) and modify grub code as > follows: > > > 1. in include/grub/i386/linux.h, > > struct linux_kernel_header > { > @@ -130,6 +144,8

Re: FreeBSD relocator crash

2011-03-24 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Fixed On 09.02.2011 14:45, Colin Watson wrote: > While working on Debian bug #612128 in a KVM instance, I found that any > call to kfreebsd_module_elf seems to crash GRUB (1.99~rc1). I > reproduced this with both FreeBSD 7.2 + acpi.ko and FreeBSD 8.1 + > ufs.ko. This sequence of commands: > > k

Re: Full documentation for GRUB2

2011-03-24 Thread Treutwein Bernhard
Hi Bill & Robert, [...] > > Is there some complete official documentation of GRUB2, or is GRUB2 full > > documentation only in source code?;-) > > I think the Grub2 developers would welcome volunteers to help write > documentation. this is kind of a hen & egg problem. I would love to help improv

Re: terminal_input=at_keyboard not working

2011-03-24 Thread Frédéric Boiteux
Le Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:34:36 +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko a > On 04.02.2011 15:18, Frédéric Boiteux wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've installed the 1.99rc1 version of Grub2 on my Debian system to > > use the new keyboard layout system. I've read that to work, I have > > to set

[PATCH] Switch back to page 0 before loading kernel

2011-03-24 Thread Colin Watson
Felix Kuehling reported intermittent black-screen problems when switching Linux VT on certain configurations. This happens because in the case where we're using double-buffering we pass a framebuffer base to the kernel corresponding to whichever page we happened to be using as the front target whe

Query about changes to GRUB 2 for booting a physical machine using a virtual image

2011-03-24 Thread Swapnesh Chaubal
Hello, My name is Swapnesh Chaubal. I am a graduate student in Computer Science at Clemson University. We are working on a project in which we would like to boot physical machines using virtual images stored on a server (via a network boot). I came across a tool called VBoot that manages to do thi

Re: Query about changes to GRUB 2 for booting a physical machine using a virtual image

2011-03-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 03:58:08PM -0400, Swapnesh Chaubal wrote: > The following entry needs to be added in GRUB2 (according to their website). > > menuentry "VHD Mint 9, Linux 2.6.32-21-generic" { > linux (hd0,1)/mint-9/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=/dev/sda1 > vloop=/mint-9/mint-9-gnome-