ok... I am very new when it comes to using GRUB and I am using version .93 and I have read that it will load a "Kernel.bin"... well I tried and it says "invalid executable file format" I have tried writing a simple kernel in C using GCC, Turbo C and I have even tried a C++ kernel... needless to say I get the same error every time, so can someone help me... or maybe give me a link to a tutorial on the file types that GRUB loads?,
Thanx
What are the GRUB executable Formats?????
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carbonBased
RE:What are the GRUB executable Formats?????
Read the docs a little more closely. GRUB has support for loading ELF binaries natively. Perhaps other formats have been added at this time, but I don't believe so (?).
However, your kernel can be of any format if you use the A.OUT kludge option. Using this option use must specify the .text, .data, and .bss locations explicity (as GRUB has no idea how to read arbitrary formats, of course).
These flags are all part of the Multiboot header. How are you compiling and linking? And what does your multiboot header look like?
I wrote a tutorial/reference describing how I write my kernel which can be found at http://www.neuraldk.org/document.php?grubKernel Might be of some help.
Let me know how it goes,
Jeff
However, your kernel can be of any format if you use the A.OUT kludge option. Using this option use must specify the .text, .data, and .bss locations explicity (as GRUB has no idea how to read arbitrary formats, of course).
These flags are all part of the Multiboot header. How are you compiling and linking? And what does your multiboot header look like?
I wrote a tutorial/reference describing how I write my kernel which can be found at http://www.neuraldk.org/document.php?grubKernel Might be of some help.
Let me know how it goes,
Jeff
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Neil Dökkalfar
RE:What are the GRUB executable Formats?????
To load a plain binary, you will need to fill more multiboot info field than with a ELF image beacause binary files don't have any header.