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I don't see anything in that README that describes +</I>>><i> a procedure for an OS/2 or eCS multibooter whose primary bootloader +</I>>><i> and/or bootloader of choice is IBM Boot Manager, which is prerequisite +</I>>><i> to booting OS/2 when it is installed to a logical partition (the only +</I>>><i> place I've ever installed it in the past decade). It can't be told to +</I>>><i> load a particular file on a partition, only its PBR via the simple +</I>>><i> process of selecting a partition in its setup utility for inclusion in +</I>>><i> its boot menu. It works (in effect, chainloads) fine for partitions on +</I>>><i> which Grub Legacy has been configured with the Grub Legacy setup +</I>>><i> command. The only options I see for such users is selecting a partition +</I>>><i> with Grub Legacy configured with menu.lst stanza(s) that include +</I>>><i> core.img, or configuring IBM BM as a secondary bootloader to a primary +</I>>><i> bootloader that is not installed on the MBR. +</I> +><i> Maybe. +</I>><i> I have no OS/2 systems to test with. +</I>><i> I think grub2 can be forced to write to the PBR (but I can't find it +</I>><i> documented just now). +</I>><i> Maybe you could investigate and test this and suggest an edit to the +</I>><i> README ? +</I> +Doing this justice probably requires a bigger scope than I can handle. I +stopped upgrading eCS at v2.0, while in releases since then, the default eCS +boot manager was changed to AiR-Boot, which is yet another problem, as it +installs into the MBR track. OTOH, Gene Alexander, who is an eCS VAR, should +be equipped to do this if he's willing and able to invest the time. I see +he's filed 25 Mageia bugs and was a Mandriva user pre-Mageia. + +Not only is eCS >2.0 beyond my means (and interest), Grub Legacy took me a +long time to wrap my head around, leaving me loathe to invest more than +nominal time in Grub2 issues, with its extensive deviations from Grub Legacy +basics, and yet youthful stage of development and documentation. + +I've only ever allowed Grub2 to be installed on a very few *buntu installs. I +currently have Kubuntu 10.04 LTS with Grub 1.98 on its sda12 PBR booting +from IBM BM on sda2 on host gx150, and I have Kubuntu 12.04 LTS with Grub +1.99 on its sda15 PBR booting from IBM BM on sda2 on host t2240. These are 13 +& 11 year old and slow Intel systems. The former is i815 with Piii CPU with +neither had Mandriva nor Mageia ever installed, and I like to avoid doing any +more than I must with it. + +The newer host t2240 is a Celeron P4 @ 2.40GHz and i845G chipset I have +similar but weaker aversion to use. It does have M2 with Grub Legacy on sda16 +PBR booting from IBM BM (until today not booted since June). + +Does M2 have current Grub2 in backports, or would it be simple enough to +install from Cauldron repos? If so, maybe if needed and pressed I could find +time to try installing Grub2 to its PBR. I'm not of a mind to replace M2 +there yet, and it doesn't have space for a new installation of anything until +I figure out what if anything I want to do about its crowded HD. +-- +"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant +words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) + + Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! + +Felix Miata *** <A HREF="http://fm.no-ip.com/">http://fm.no-ip.com/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="022158.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="022181.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub2 vs. Grub Legacy in M3 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#22164">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#22164">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#22164">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#22164">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |