Re: Bug#927892: grub-ieee1275-bin: Please add bootinfo.txt for sparc and sparc64

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
> xorriso -as mkisofs -r -checksum_algorithm_iso md5,sha1
> -V 'Debian 10.0 sparc64 n'
> -o /home/glaubitz/debian-cd-test/debian-10.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso
> -J -joliet-long -cache-inodes
> -G /home/glaubitz/tmp/sid/CD1/../CD1/boot/grub/sparc64-ieee1275/cdboot.img
> -B '...'
> --grub2-sparc-core /boot/grub/core.img
> -graft-points
> /boot/core.img=/home/glaubitz/tmp/sid/CD1/../CD1/boot/grub/core.img
> CD1

Now you first insert .../core.img as /boot/core.img.
Then you insert it again by its role as sub-file of "CD1" as
ISO file /boot/grub/core.img.
To the latter you refer by --grub2-sparc-core .

So this is without much effect (except adding a file copy to the ISO):

  -graft-points
  /boot/core.img=/home/glaubitz/tmp/sid/CD1/../CD1/boot/grub/core.img


> {0} ok boot cdrom
> Boot device: /virtual-devices@100/channel-devices@200/disk@1  File and args:
> WARNING: Unsupported bootblk image, can not extract fcode
> WARNING: Bootblk fcode extraction failed
> The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.

Is this the SUN firmware speaking ?

Google "sun bootblk" yields
  https://www.thegeekdiary.com/howto-verify-if-a-bootblk-is-installed-on-the-boot-disk-sparc/?PageSpeed=noscript
where block 1 (i.e. byte 512 ff.) is inspected for "Bootblk".

So it would be about block 1 of your disk file for -G

  /home/glaubitz/tmp/sid/CD1/../CD1/boot/grub/sparc64-ieee1275/cdboot.img

That's where --grub2-sparc-core inserts its numbers.
But i guess it is about the other bytes in there.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas