Re: GRUB 1.96 - unknown commands

[Bean]

Hi,

You need to add module sh, minicmd and linux.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Chris Smart<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get GRUB2 to boot on an EFI system (Apple Mac) using
> grub.efi and rEFIt as the boot manager.
>
> I have checked GRUB out of svn and built it with the following
> commands (on a 32bit Linux operating system):
>
> ./configure --with-platform=efi
> make
> ./grub-mkimage -d . -o grub.efi gpt hfsplus fat ext2 normal chain boot
> configfile
> sudo cp grub.efi *.mod fs.lst command.lst /efi/grub/
>
> Upon a reboot, rEFIt detects the grub.efi and presents the option to boot it.
>
> Without a grub.cfg configuration file, it boots straight to a GRUB
> 1.96 shell which looks good. There I have the help command and I can
> see all the modules I copied across.
>
> I can also boot the kernel and initrd that I want by manually typing
> in the "linux", "initrd", and "boot" commands. Nice.
>
> When I boot it with a config file however, it cannot parse the
> grub.cfg file and spits out errors about unknown commands.
> I am assuming that I have left out a module or something, but for the
> life of me I can't work out what I've done wrong!
>
> Here is the simple grub.cfg that I am using:
>
> set timeout=10
> set default=0
> menuentry "Linux" {
>  linux /efi/grub/vmlinuz
>  initrd /efi/grub/initrd
> }
>
>
> Here is what happens:
>
> Boot PC to rEFIt
> Select grub.efi boot option
> Computer says "Starting grub.efi"
> Computer goes to GRUB 1.96 shell
>
> GRUB spits out errors:
> Unknown command 'menuentry'
> Unknown command '}'
> Unknown command 'linux'
> Unknown command 'initrd'
> ..and so on.
>
> Once that happens, none of the commands work, even though I'm at the
> prompt. It's like the config has broken everything.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I have seen this post on the mailing list, but it doesn't seem to
> match my issue.
> "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2009-03/msg00389.html";
>
> Thanks!
> Chris
>
>
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Bean