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Re: [Xen-users] PV-GRUB chainloading Grub2


  • To: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Thomas PÃhler <tp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:08:28 +0200
  • Cc: Xen User-List <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:10:08 -0700
  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>
  • Thread-index: AcxA19xfYz3ePPMyQs+lkyN0Mks8Bw==
  • Thread-topic: [Xen-users] PV-GRUB chainloading Grub2

Hey fajar,

Thanks for this info. Atleast this gives me some rest ;)

Is there additional info somewhere what is missing in detail? And do you know 
if there are plans for supporting grub2 configs?

Regards
Thomas

Am 12.07.2011 um 22:07 schrieb "Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>:

> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Thomas PÃhler
> <tp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I donât get the point here. I donât want to specify a kernel, I just want to
>> chainload into grub2 and let him do the bootup. I also tried installating
>> grub2 in the partition itself and then referencing to (hd0,0).
> 
> Short answer, you can't.
> 
> pv-grub is not a "real" bootloader. It can't chainload another
> bootloader. That would require some features provided by BIOS, which
> PV domU doesn't have.
> 
> -- 
> Fajar
> 
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