GRUB2: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:53, 3 October 2007

Our long term goal is to replace the common LinuxBIOS payload FILO with a LinuxBIOS-capable version of GRUB2.

Patrick Georgi has been working on GRUB2 for LinuxBIOS during the Google Summer of Code 2007.

Find his code here:

Todo:

Contact Stefan Reinauer or the LinuxBIOS mailing list for more information.

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 == Introduction ==
-The long term goal is to replace the common LinuxBIOS payload [[FILO]] with a LinuxBIOS-capable version of GRUB2.
+Our long term goal is to replace the common LinuxBIOS payload [[FILO]] with a LinuxBIOS-capable version of GRUB2.
-To achieve this, two things need to happen.
+== Status ==
-* Build a single grub2.elf binary that contains all modules required to boot the system.
+Patrick Georgi has been working on GRUB2 for LinuxBIOS during the Google Summer of Code 2007.
-* Add an IDE driver to GRUB2.
-== Status ==
+Find his code here:
+* http://linuxbios.org/~oxygene/lbgrub2-20070820-1.tar.bz2
+* http://linuxbios.org/~oxygene/lbgrub2-instructions.txt
-* Tristan Gingold has written an IDE driver for GRUB2.
+Todo:
-* [http://www.coresystems.de Stefan Reinauer] started integrating this IDE driver and building a single grub2.elf binary.
+* Fix lbgrub2 for LinuxBIOS v2
-* Currently, GRUB2 on x86 platforms is rather dependent on a legacy BIOS and starting from 16bit mode.
+* USB stack integration
 == How to help? ==
 Contact [mailto:stepan@coresystems.de Stefan Reinauer] or the [[Mailinglist|LinuxBIOS mailing list]] for more information.