Re: Newbie to Hurd
Subject:
GNU GRUB 0.5.93.1 is released
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Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@fig.org>
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I've released version 0.5.93.1 of the GRand Unified Bootloader. You
can get it from:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-0.5.93.1.tar.gz
Check out http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html for more
information. OKUJI Yoshinori has been doing the vast majority of the
development work on GRUB. I'm acting mostly as the Debian maintainer
for GRUB, as well as making releases.
Debian packages of 0.5.93.1 are already available in `potato' for the
i386 architecture, and should soon be built for hurd-i386 as well.
Here is the relevant NEWS (for 0.5.93, since 0.5.93.1 only adds a few
bugfixes):
New in 0.5.93 - 1999-10-30:
* ELF format of FreeBSD kernel is supported.
* Support the partition ids for NetBSD and OpenBSD.
* Exit from the grub shell just by pushing the key `q' in the menu.
* New options for configure can disable some functions in Stage 2. See
the output from `configure --help' for more information.
* FAT32 support is added.
* Minix fs support is added.
* New commands "hide" and "unhide".
* The character `=' after a command is not necessary any longer, but it
is supported for backward compatibility.
* The command "help" displays helpful information about builtin
commands.
* The command "geometry" displays the information of a drive specified
and set the geometry to arbitrary C/H/S values if the optional
arguments are used.
* The command "configfile" loads a configuration file interactively.
* The command "device" assigns a BIOS drive to an arbitrary filename in
the grub shell.
* The option `--no-floppy' force the grub shell to assume that there is
no floppy, and the option `--probe-second-floppy' enables the probe of
the second floppy drive.
* Integrated the netboot support in the Dresden version of GRUB.
* FreeBSD support in the grub shell is improved.
* Killing (C-u and C-k), yanking (C-y) and manipulating the history
(C-p and C-n) are supported.
* The address argument for the command "install" is now optional.
* Better completion support.
* The command "cat" displays the contents of a file.
Have fun!
--
Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@fig.org> //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/)
Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)
SmackHed wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > SmackHed wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm new to Hurd, and having gotten everything set up, and followed the
> > > boot instructions:
> > > root=(hd0,a)
> > > kernel=/boot/gnumach.gz root=hd0s4 -s
> > > module=/boot/serverboot.gz
> > > boot
> > >
> > > Everything starts up, the partitions are detected etc. and then it
> > > suddenly collapses with the message:
> > > "panic: Cannot load user-bootstrap image. (error code 6000)"
> >
> > Unzip serverboot.gz and change the module= name accordinlgy.
> >
> > Or better: Update your grub.
>
> I have the latest version of grub I could find...in fact I have 6 versions
> of grub, but the one I am using is the grub-boot.image file directed from
> the easy installation guide
> I can see your point however as some of the older versions I tried did not
> accept the .gz formats of the kernel and module, however there are no
> complaints from grub when I load these now.
>
> > Marcus
> >
>
> Anyhow, cheers, I'll try it as soon as possible
>
> >
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