How do I use GRUB with x86_64 CLFS?

fatsheep · 10-16-2006, 06:20 PM

According to the x86_64 CLFS book:

Quote:

The Lilo package contains the Linux Loader, a bootloader.

We have chosen to use Lilo because at the moment no other bootloader builds and runs on a pure64 system. If your machine has multiple systems (i.e. x86 or multilib) you may prefer to use the bootloader from the other system, such as GRUB.

I have GRUB installed already on Ubuntu (64-bit) so how would I configure it to work with x86_64 CLFS? Would it be as simple as adding my CLFS partition to menu.lst or would it require something else?

-sheep

druuna · 10-17-2006, 02:34 AM

Hi,

You can indeed use the grub that you are already using and the only thing you need to do is add an appropriate entry for CLFS in the menu.lst. Something like:

# CLFS
title CLFS
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/clfskernel root=/dev/hda4

You probably need to edit the hd0,3, clfskernel and /dev/hda4 entries in the above example.

Hope this helps.

fatsheep · 10-18-2006, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by druuna

Hi,

You can indeed use the grub that you are already using and the only thing you need to do is add an appropriate entry for CLFS in the menu.lst. Something like:

# CLFS
title CLFS
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/clfskernel root=/dev/hda4

You probably need to edit the hd0,3, clfskernel and /dev/hda4 entries in the above example.

Hope this helps.

It does, thanks.