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diff --git a/Mach/AdvancedGrubUsage.mdwn b/Mach/AdvancedGrubUsage.mdwn index be76cd2f..8e307b4f 100644 --- a/Mach/AdvancedGrubUsage.mdwn +++ b/Mach/AdvancedGrubUsage.mdwn @@ -2,26 +2,30 @@ [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 +### <a name="Debian_Grub"> Debian Grub </a> -Using trivial ftp to load a kernel is one of the best features of Grub. Here is how it is done. +The Debian grub packages do not have networking enabled, so you have to apt-get the source, modify the debian/rules file to include --enable-network-card and dpkg-buildpackage to get a .deb of grub that supports TFTP. -1. `cd /usr/src/debian` -2. `apt-get source grub` -3. <tt>cd grub-_VERSION_</tt> +1. cd /usr/src/debian +2. apt-get source grub +3. cd grub-\_VERSION\_ 4. Add `--enable-tulip` or similar for your NIC to the `./configure` line of the `configure-stamp` target in the `debian/rules` file. 5. `dpkg-buildpackage` (as `root`) 6. `cd ..` 7. `dpkg -i grub*.deb` -8. <tt>cp /usr/lib/grub/_ARCH_/\* /boot/grub</tt> (<tt>_ARCH_</tt> is _e.g._ `i386-pc`) +8. cp /lib/grub/\_ARCH\_/\* /boot/grub/, e.g., _ARCH_ is `i386-pc` 9. Edit your `/boot/grub/menu.lst` (see below) 10. If your boot disk is `/dev/hda` ==> `grub-install (hd0)` +### <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. + 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 + kernel /gnu/boot/oskit-mach.gz root=device:hd0s2 -- root (hd0,1) module /hurd/ext2fs.static \ --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} \ @@ -35,4 +39,4 @@ The `menu.lst` can look something like this: For more information on GNUmach modules lines and installation setup, see [[Hurd/InstallNotes]] --- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 13 Sep 2003 +-- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 13 Apr 2005 |