Jiri B wrote: > I'm working on to make grub2 work on OpenBSD to replace > pxelinux on my netinstall server and I have this question - > - why is there 'ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386' in our old grub?
Try building. You get the following during configure: > checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: cannot run C > compiled programs. > If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'. > See `config.log' for more details. > *** Error 1 in . (/usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk:2700 > '/usr/ports/pobj/grub-0.97/.configure_done': @for d in > /usr/ports/pobj/grub-...) > *** Error 1 in . (/usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk:1923 > '/usr/ports/packages/amd64/all/grub-0.97p6.tgz') > *** Error 1 in . (/usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk:2465 > '_internal-package') > *** Error 1 in /usr/ports/sysutils/grub > (/usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk:2445 'package') I recall finding a better explanation (or coming up with one myself) when I originally tried this a few months ago, but I've since forgotten. Considering that PIE broke it when introduced, I wouldn't be surprised if some of our linking features are related. > I'm working on grub2 on amd64, I haven't tested that yet > but following works on amd64: > > jirib:/tmp > $ grub-mknetdir --net-directory=/tmp/netboot > Netboot directory for i386-pc created. Configure your DHCP server to point to > /tmp/netboot/grub/i386-pc/core.0 > > jirib:/tmp > $ find netboot/ | head > netboot/ > netboot/grub > netboot/grub/i386-pc > netboot/grub/i386-pc/adler32.mod > netboot/grub/i386-pc/affs.mod > netboot/grub/i386-pc/afs.mod > netboot/grub/i386-pc/ahci.mod > netboot/grub/i386-pc/all_video.mod > netboot/grub/i386-pc/aout.mod > netboot/grub/i386-pc/archelp.mod > > Thanks for explanation.
