GNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #34820, Multiboot image not recognized
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bug #34820: Multiboot image not recognized
Submitter: | Faustino Ribeiro <faust_67> | ||
Submitted: | Mon 14 Nov 2011 04:23:47 PM UTC | ||
Category: | Booting | Severity: | Major |
Priority: | 5 - Normal | Item Group: | Software Error |
Status: | Invalid | Privacy: | Public |
Assigned to: | None | Originator Name: | Faustino Ribeiro |
Open/Closed: | Closed | Release: | other |
Release: | Reproducibility: | Every Time | |
Planned Release: | None |
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Mon 14 Nov 2011 08:15:44 PM UTC, comment #7: |
Faustino Ribeiro <faust_67> |
Mon 14 Nov 2011 06:41:32 PM UTC, comment #6: Which version is it? Did you try insmod multiboot? |
Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder> |
Mon 14 Nov 2011 06:14:03 PM UTC, comment #5: multiboot command is not recognized at grub prompt. I created by hand a basic grub.cfg as follows:
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Faustino Ribeiro <faust_67> |
Mon 14 Nov 2011 05:46:04 PM UTC, comment #4: multiboot2 is for new upcoming multiboot2 standard which is being discussed. For the old standrad use "multiboot". |
Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder> |
Mon 14 Nov 2011 05:39:03 PM UTC, comment #3: Here is the output of mbchk on the kernel.bin file I uploaded:
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Faustino Ribeiro <faust_67> |
Mon 14 Nov 2011 05:34:45 PM UTC, comment #2: I uploaded the kernel.bin file I try to boot. At the grub 1.99 prompt I use this command to load the image:
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Faustino Ribeiro <faust_67> |
Mon 14 Nov 2011 04:31:00 PM UTC, comment #1: Could you upload resulting image and tell the exact commands you used? |
Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder> |
Mon 14 Nov 2011 04:23:47 PM UTC, original submission:
I created a minimal kernel image that is multiboot compliant (or at least I hope). The image boots in Grub Legacy but not in Grub 1.99 (final release). Mbchk recognizes the image as a valid multiboot image. I am stuck and don't know what I am doing wrong. Here is the code I use to create a minimal kernel and an iso image I can boot in VirtualBox:
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Faustino Ribeiro <faust_67> |
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Date | Changed by | Updated Field | Previous Value | => | Replaced by |
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2011-11-14 | phcoder | Status | None | Invalid | |
Open/Closed | Open | Closed | |||
2011-11-14 | faust_67 | Attached File | - | Added kernel.bin, #24371 |
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I created a Grub image with multiboot module in it and it works fine now. Thanks! It saved me hours of scratching my head!