request for Grub2

[brighteningeyes]

hey guys,
i'm writing My operating system and i'm using grub legacy
i'm using windows and cygwin and i can't compile the grub2 (it give's error and i don't have mood to fix it)
please attach it for me if you have a precompiled grub!
i don't want to use linux because i can't see well and i don't test it!
thank's in advance

[egos]

Look here.

Original cores can be found now in same folder (as sys-grubldr-2.XX-original-core.zip).

PK cores are available now only under subscription.

[brighteningeyes]

http 404
the file have not been found
i found another link from that topic!
but why it doesn't have stage2_eltorito and all the stages?
thanks!

[egos]

http 404
the file have not been found
i found another link from that topic!

Yes, I meant last links. Site juneos.narod.ru was closed.

but why it doesn't have stage2_eltorito and all the stages?

It's minimal file collection which intended for use with Yoda's stage 0/stage 1 boot loaders (you can take Yoda's iso9660.bin and GRUB core in SYS format to make bootable CD image). You can take all required files from Ubuntu distribution images:
grub-2.00-7ubuntu11 - ubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso
grub-2.00-19ubuntu1 - ubuntu-13.10-beta2-desktop-i386.iso

I can send you a private message with corresponding attachment later as well.

[brighteningeyes]

do i have to use it with my grub legacy?

[egos]

You can, but I recommend to use modified core in SYS format (i.e. kernel.sys from sys-grubldr-2.XX-compact.zip) with Yoda's stage 0/stage 1 boot loaders to load GRUB 2 directly.

[brighteningeyes]

i added the .mod files as the module in the grub
for example, i added boot.mod like this:
module /boot/grub/boot.mod
i added all of the .mod files as modules in downside of my kernel
this is my menu.lst:

default 0
timeout 30

# For booting Amir OS
title AmirOS
kernel /boot/AmirOS
module /boot/grub/boot.mod
module /boot/grub/bufio.mod
module /boot/grub/crypto.mod
module /boot/grub/datetime.mod
module /boot/grub/extcmd.mod
module /boot/grub/gettext.mod
module /boot/grub/gzio.mod
module /boot/grub/lsapm.mod
module /boot/grub/map.mod
module /boot/grub/multiboot.mod
module /boot/grub/net.mod
module /boot/grub/normal.mod
module /boot/grub/priority_queue.mod
module /boot/grub/relocator.mod
module /boot/grub/terminal.mod
module /boot/grub/vbe.mod
module /boot/grub/video.mod
module /boot/grub/video_fb.mod

do i have to change it?
i want to use grub only as my bootloader
not kernel.sys and anything else
if it has a problem, say to me

[jnc100]

Cygwin contains grub packages - you just need to install them from the cygwin setup program and then you can use the grub tools to make your image (e.g. an iso with grub-mkrescue).

Regards,
John.

[brighteningeyes]

i have installed grub legacy and i'm using it with cygwin
but i don't know where is the stages like stage1, stage2, stage2_eltorito
i rommaged the cygwin directory and don't found any stages
where are they?
i downloaded a precompiled grub legacy and it worked
but i want to use grub2

[egos]

this is my menu.lst:

default 0
timeout 30

# For booting Amir OS
title AmirOS
kernel /boot/AmirOS
module /boot/grub/boot.mod
...
module /boot/grub/video_fb.mod

do i have to change it?

These modules will be linked automatically. Just unpack /boot/grub/grub.cfg (and edit it), /boot/grub/i386-pc, /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img into root directory, and edit menu.lst something like this:

Code: Select all

hiddenmenu
timeout 0

title Run GRUB 2
kernel /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img

i want to use grub only as my bootloader
not kernel.sys and anything else

GRUB uses very inconvenient and unreliable installation process. We use another approach that is based on loading GRUB by our stage 1 boot loaders. To do that possible and flexible we have to convert GRUB core into our file formats. So kernel.sys in this case is just converted stage2/core.img/another entity to boot it by Yoda's stage 1 boot loaders. If stage 0 (MBR/GPT)/stage 1 boot loaders are installed, it is enough to copy required kernel.sys into root directory to boot it.

if it has a problem, say to me

As I said above I can send you boot.img/cdboot.img from GRUB 2 but I don't know how you can install them to boot GRUB 2 correctly.

[brighteningeyes]

does it work like that i wrote above?
because i don't want to use core.img and i don't want to use them
can i use my menu.lst with these modules
do they added automaticly or i have to add them by hand?
as i mentioned, i don't to use that and i want to use stages without any adding .img or .sys files

[egos]

I don't understand you. A core.img is an original core of GRUB 2. If you want to use GRUB 2 you should use its core represented in some form.

[brighteningeyes]

my mean is using the .mod files with the grub that i have
can i use them?
or if you have the extracted .img file, please upload it somewhere
because i don't wan't to use mbr to load an image file
i want to use grub to load my Operating system itself
not a MBR to load grub and then my OS
now a question:
can i load the .mod files as module?

[brighteningeyes]

i've read the grub2 tutorial and i know that the stages is replaced with the boot.img, core.img and cdboot.img
please send me the files!

[egos]

I have sent boot.img/cdboot.img.

As I said in my first post you can find core.img for both versions in same folder where other files were published. Their names are:
sys-grubldr-2.12-original-core.zip
sys-grubldr-2.13-original-core.zip