grub ./config error

darkRoom · 02-05-2005, 11:26 AM

Hi
I'm trying to configure grub but i get the below error:

Quote:

checking if C symbols get an underscore after compilation... no
checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... no
configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your binutils

It seems im not the only one with this error, theres a few few similar posts on the net but no solutions. I had the error with .93,.94 and .95. Im using slack 10 with the most recent binutils, objcopy exists and seems to work.

What gives ?

aus9 · 02-07-2005, 07:53 AM

grab all the files off a knoppix cd instead. I assume you know where to put them and where to grab them?
then reboot to your distro and run the grub commands to install it to mbr.

darkRoom · 02-08-2005, 08:46 AM

Thanks for the idea, that might work but i'd have to download knoppix again

Im gonna play around with objcopy again, and see what the problem is. When i get hold of knoppix again ill try yor idea out and report back

cheers

darkRoom · 02-09-2005, 06:26 AM

Seems i was missing the diffutils package, I just installed that and it now compiles fine