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Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?
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Bean |
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Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy? |
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Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:19:40 +0800 |
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Yoshinori K. Okuji <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 February 2008 21:56, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > But it made me think whether it's right for the "multiboot" command to
> > try ELF if multiboot fails.
>
> It is wrong. No fallback, please. If someone wants a fallback, it should be
> accomplished with scripting.
I agree, in fact, the generic handling rarely works for elf kernels.
The physical address in elf header can't be used directly most of the
time, and the parameter need to be set properly before jumping to the
entry point.
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Bean
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, (continued)
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Arthur Marsh, 2008/02/18
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Arthur Marsh, 2008/02/18
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Pavel Roskin, 2008/02/18
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, George Lengel, 2008/02/18
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Pavel Roskin, 2008/02/19
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Bean, 2008/02/19
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Pavel Roskin, 2008/02/19
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Bean, 2008/02/19
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Pavel Roskin, 2008/02/19
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Yoshinori K. Okuji, 2008/02/20
- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?,
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- Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?, Robert Millan, 2008/02/19