Locating GRUB Binaries for Windows

[NaxAlpha]

Hi,
I am Windows User
But problem is that i cannot find grub Binaries so that i make my own OS ISO
Can Anyone help me!

[Love4Boobies]

I'm not sure you can even begin to call yourself a software developer if you can't even build software someone else has already written.

[NaxAlpha]

Thanx for help
I will try
In fact i have started developing it some days ago
After massive googling i found nothing but
Source of GRUB
Thanx i try it now

[Combuster]

I'm not sure you can even begin to call yourself a software developer if you can't even build software someone else has already written.

Considering GRUB having a reputation of being a pain on Windows, that's not quite a fair statement.

If you just need the binaries, leech them off a linux distribution disk (or image). You don't need to actually install linux first. (take something not too recent if you want to avoid getting GRUB2)

since everything you need (minus a cross compiler) can just be installed via package management

The cygwin installer and the oldfashioned configure; make; make install; works for roughly the same collection of software. The only real difference is a few more commands but it's hardly magic.

[ScropTheOSAdventurer]

You have to also note that cygwin is slow and has problems compiling some software. Plus they took out GRUB legacy utility software (like grub-mkrescue) out of the package management deal, and they flagged the GRUB 2 utility tools package obsolete. Even then the package I got was problematic. Plus, isn't it just nicer when the process is automated for you?

[iansjack]

Hi,
I am Windows User
But problem is that i cannot find grub Binaries so that i make my own OS ISO
Can Anyone help me!

Have you tried the Grub that is built in to EasyBCD (assuming you are using Vista or later)?

[NaxAlpha]

Hi
Thanx to all for replying
GRUB in windows has
really problems
But still hope to get something

[Dju]

Actually, I had the same problem some weeks ago.
I finally found GRUB binaries and tested several versions.

The best version I found for OS development and quick start is Grub 0.97.
For example, you can find it here : http://pkgs.org/slackware-14.0/slackwar ... 9.txz.html

The binaries are locatedd in "grub-0.97-i486-9\usr\lib\grub\i386-pc" subfolder.
The idea is to install it on a floppy and use this floppy to install it on a hard drive.
Only stage1 and stage2 are useful, and you will get fat support. The other modules are useful for a USB installation for example.