My server runs stable so I ssh to it and start typing: sudo aptitude install grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-ia32-bin # this installs version 1.99-27+deb7u2 grub-mkimage -p /EFI64/grub -O x86_64-efi -o grub64.efi `ls /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi | sed -n 's/\.mod//gp' ` grub-mkimage -p /EFI32/grub -O i386-efi -o grub32.efi `ls /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi | sed -n 's/\.mod//gp' ` # this is the problem image when served by tftp or started from the efi shell on my test machine it gives an error waits for a key press and exits. # head over to stack exchange copy Sukminder's code to the clip board xclip -o >grub_lic_test.c gcc -o grub_lic_test32 grub_lic_test.c gcc -o grub_lic_test64 grub_lic_test.c -DELF64 ./grub_lic_test32 /usr/lib/grub/i386-efi/*.mod ./grub_lic_test64 /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/*.mod # the previous two commands show errors with adler32.mod so I run the next two commands which give images that don't have that problem. grub-mkimage -p /EFI64/grub -O x86_64-efi -o grub64.efi `ls /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi | sed -n 's/\.mod//gp' |grep -v adler32` grub-mkimage -p /EFI32/grub -O i386-efi -o grub32.efi `ls /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi | sed -n 's/\.mod//gp' |grep -v adler32`
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 01:06:48PM -0700, Ben Hildred wrote: > > I am attempting to network boot a early mac mini (core solo 32 bit/ > 32bit efi) > > with debian. My netboot server runs debian and other diskless boxes boot > debian > > and other operating systems from this server. > > One severe problem I have is finding a functional boot loader. One of > the more > > interesting failures was when I assembled a 32 bit efi grub image with > all > > modules from the stable binary. This errored out with incompatible > license. > > Using the tool by Sukminder ( > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/74087 > > /grub-incompatible-license-error) I narrowed it down to the module > adler23.mod > > the problem whent away when this module was not included. I checked the > source > > from git and this module should be gpl3+. It appears arch linux has a > similar > > problem with a different module, so I suspect something fragile in the > build > > system from upstream. > > Are you sure that you've actually assembled modules that all come from > the same version of GRUB? There's no useful version information in your > report; perhaps I could have a complete transcript of what you did, and > versions of all the packages involved? > > -- > Colin Watson [cjwat...@debian.org] > -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services 303 815 6721
