hello
I would like to share my patched grub that I've compiled for i386.
See http://wiki.osdev.org/Drawing_In_Protected_Mode section "Switching".
How could I do that? 380kb
patched grub binary
Re: patched grub binary
Hmmm... wouldn't it be better (and easier, actually) if you published the patch? Not only would it allow people to see that you didn't add a virus or something, it would also show people what you did to make it work, which could be interesting.
Edit: I just looked at the wiki page you referenced... both the patch and the binary are already there...?
Edit: I just looked at the wiki page you referenced... both the patch and the binary are already there...?
Every good solution is obvious once you've found it.
Re: patched grub binary
it's the VBE patch, man! you can get it from here.Solar wrote:Hmmm... wouldn't it be better (and easier, actually) if you published the patch? Not only would it allow people to see that you didn't add a virus or something, it would also show people what you did to make it work, which could be interesting.
Edit: I just looked at the wiki page you referenced... both the patch and the binary are already there...?
Re: patched grub binary
yes, you're right. but there is no binary.Solar wrote:it's the VBE patch, man! you can get it from here.
well, I thought it is important to have a bootloader that works for the ones that dont want to rool their own or dont want or cant built grub. There are
many developers that are not currently using linux, like me. I built grub using my LFS system, that isnt ready
yet. So, it gives me a good build environment, however, it doesn't provide a nice, easy and fast environment as windows gui.
The gz package i'm talking about is a compilation of grub that i haven't removed anything including documentation. That's why it's so big. I made this so
that you can even substitute your grub that you're using in your system and you shall have extended functions in your real system.
I could upload it to my site but it is hosted at my computer and I dont keep it on all day long or rapdshare or something else.
Note: version 0.97; with grub-0.97-disk_geometry-1.patch.