Grub-2.06

Reference: 8.59. GRUB-2.06. For the first steps it is fine to create an menu entry in the host's boot loader. However, for an independent system we use grub as boot manager. Apply a patch to fix the build system:

patch -Np1 -i grub-2.06-bld-20220316.patch

Apply a patch to fix the sources:

patch -Np1 -i grub-2.06-src-20220316.patch

./configure --prefix=/qlnx \
            --datarootdir=/qlnx/dat \
            --sbindir=/qlnx/bin \
            --disable-rpath \
            --with-bootdir=/qlnx/etc/.boot \
            --disable-efiemu

Build and install grub¹⁾:

make
make install

Change the mode of the admin executables:

cd /qlnx/bin
for f in grub-bios-setup grub-macbless grub-ofpathname grub-reboot grub-sparc64-setup grub-install grub-mkconfig grub-probe grub-set-default; do
  chmod 0750 $f
done

Move the bash completion file into the right location:

mv -v /qlnx/etc/bash_completion.d/grub /qlnx/dat/bash-completion/completions/
rmdir /qlnx/etc/bash_completion.d

Configuration

The file  default/grub  is now in  /qlnx/etc/grub.d . The /boot directory is  /qlnx/etc/.boot . Install grub at the qLinux device, here  sdb .

grub-install /qlnx/dev/sdb

Now you can run  grub-mkconfig  to create an template of  grub.cfg . But as DIY (wo)man we need one simple entry only:

• (hd0,msdos1) corresponds to /dev/sda1
• (hd1,msdos1) corresponds to /dev/sdb1

menuentry qLinux {

#set root = (hd1,msdos1)
linux (hd1,msdos1)/qlnx/etc/.boot/bzImage root=(hd1,msdos1)
initrd (hd1,msdos1)/qlnx/etc/.boot/initrd.img
}

On the host setup an entry for chain loading, similar like:

menuentry "qLinux chain" {
	insmod chain
	set root=(hd1,1)
	chainloader +1
}