Re: My Summer of Code Project

[Alex Roman]

On 25/04/07, Marco Gerards <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Yeah, for example grub_be_to_cpu32 to convert a 32 bits BE integer to
> the host format.  You can find all macros in include/grub/types.h.

Cool, sounds good.

>
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> Right, but it is only used on the PC AFAIK.  For example, Open
> Firmware (the "BIOS" on the PPC Macs) have ISO 9660 support and can
> read kernels and bootloaders directly from the filesystem.

I see..

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> For GRUB 2 you will need to install ruby as well.  What I actually
> meant with a good development environment is setting up qemu or so.
> Or when you want to test things on real hardware you can better use
> networking instead of messing around with floppies.  Doing things
> right from the start can save you time :-).

How can I tell qemu to boot grub? last I checked qemu took a hard
drive image that it booted from.

> Have a look at grub_dprintf.  It prints debug messages depending on a
> variable.  For example, use "set debug=all" on the GRUB prompt.  I
> think it is easier for you to start playing with grub-emu to
> understand how things in general work.  Although it will be useless to
> you when you start working on your project.

What is grub-emu?

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Alex Roman <address@hidden>