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diff --git a/Mach/AdvancedGrubUsage.mdwn b/Mach/AdvancedGrubUsage.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..af336a91 --- /dev/null +++ b/Mach/AdvancedGrubUsage.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +## <a name="Advanced_Grub"> Advanced Grub </a> + +[Grub](http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/) is a capable boot loader. This document is intended to capture some of its most interesting features and try to explain them a bit better than the texinfo documentation. + +### <a name="TFTP_Boot"> </a> TFTP Boot + +Using trivial ftp to load a kernel is one of the best features of Grub. Here is how it is done. + +1. cd /usr/src/debian +2. apt-get source grub +3. cd grub- +4. Add --enable-tulip or similar for your NIC to the configure line in the debian/rules file. +5. dpg-buildpackage +6. cd .. +7. dpkg -i grub\*.dpkg +8. Edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst (see below) +9. If your boot disk is /dev/hda ==> grub-install (hd0) + +The menu.lst can look something like this: + + ifconfig --address=192.168.1.2 --server=192.168.1.1 + root (nd) + kernel /gnu/boot/oskit-mach.gz root=device:hd0s2 + root (hd0,1) + module /hurd/ext2fs.static \ + --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} \ + --host-priv-port=${host-port} \ + --device-master-port=${device-port} \ + --exec-server-task=${exec-task} \ + -T typed ${root} $(task-create) $(task-resume) + module /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec $(exec-task=task-create) + +**Note: Make sure there are NO spaces after the trailing backslases (\\)!!** + +For more information on GNUmach modules lines and installation setup, see [[Hurd/InstallNotes]] + +-- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 13 Sep 2003 |