Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64

[Eric Snowberg]

> On Apr 16, 2019, at 9:15 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have been doing some RC testing with GRUB 2.04~rc1 and actually
> ran into a problem on sparc64 after updating from 2.02 (debian)
> to 2.04~rc1.
> 
> GRUB itself starts fine, but it fails to load the kernel with the
> following error:
> 
> Loading Linux 4.19.0-4-sparc64-smp ...
> error: premature end of file /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-4-sparc64-smp.
> Loading initial ramdisk ...
> error: you need to load the kernel first.
> 
> Press any key to continue...
> 
> I have tried reinstalling the kernel package but that didn't help.
> 
> Does anyone have a clue?

Is your kernel compressed?

> 
> @Eric: Does GRUB 2.04~rc1 work fine for you on sparc64?

I boot with an uncompressed kernel and do not see a problem. If I try with a 
compressed kernel I do see the error you have above.  But this is a known 
platform limitation: 
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#Platform-limitations