[Barrelfish-users] Booting Barrelfish using TFTP - GRUB issues

[Simon Peter]

In fact, if you use elver, no 64-bit patch is necessary. There is a 
patch for GRUB to support more network cards.

Simon

On 05.06.2012 22:52, Georgios Varisteas wrote:
> Hey Shawn,
>
> Actually it is not really a patch. GRUB supports network booting,
> although it is not part of its default compile configuration. You need
> to run '# configure --netboot' followed by more arguments that enable
> support for specific NICs. It is not recommended to just enable them all
> though. More on this in the README found in the netboot subfolder of the
> GRUB's tree. Also keep in mind that GRUB legacy is rather old code and
> wont compile with modern versions of GCC. Version 3.x is recommended but
> it might work with some early 4.x.
>
> Apart from this you do need a patch to enable support for a 64-bit
> kernel but it has nothing to do with PXE.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> regards,
> Georgios
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Shawn Furrow [sfurrow at vt.edu]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 05, 2012 21:30
> *To:* barrelfish-users at lists.inf.ethz.ch
> *Subject:* [Barrelfish-users] Booting Barrelfish using TFTP - GRUB issues
>
> Hey all,
>
> I am trying to boot Barrelfish over a TFTP server but I am having
> trouble with GRUB. From what I understand, I need GRUB Legacy (0.97)
> with a patch for PXE. From here, GRUB would chain-load Elver, and then
> Elver would boot Barrelfish. (Correct me if I am mistaken on this)
> However, I cannot get a patched version of GRUB 0.97 to install
> correctly to my hard drive. Has anyone gotten this method to work? If
> so, what was your environment and GRUB patches do you use?
>
> Thanks,
> Shawn
>
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