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Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?


From: Bean
Subject: Re: Starting grub 2 from grub legacy?
Date: 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.

-- 
Bean




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