[hdt] HDT 0.3.5-pre1

[J. Bakshi]

Kim Mik wrote:
>> From: Erwan <erwan at seanodes.com>
>> To: J. Bakshi <joydeep at infoservices.in>
>> Cc: hdt at zytor.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009 21:16:35
>> Subject: Re: [hdt] HDT 0.3.5-pre1
>>
>> Erwan Velu a écrit :
>>     
>>> [...]
>>> What I found on the web is something like :
>>>
>>> menuentry "HDT" {
>>>    linux /memdisk
>>>    initrd /hdt-0.3.5-pre1.img
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>>       
>> Seems that we need to use linux16 instead of linux.
>>
>> Erwan,
>>
>>     
>
> Try:
> menuentry "HDT" {
>   linux16 /memdisk
>   initrd16 /hdt-0.3.5-pre1.img
> }
>
>   

Yes, it needs 16 bit and I have tested here;  it is working :-)  Thanks Kim.

Though earlier I tried to exploit the native loopback feature of grub-2.
  I used

menuentry "HDT"
{
loopback loop (hd0,2)/hdt-0.3.5-pre1.img
linux16 /memdisk
initrd16 (loop)/hdt.c32  modules_pcimap=modules.pcimap
modules_alias=modules.alias pciids=pci.ids
}

It did not work.

Thanks


> Got it from:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2009-10/msg00019.html
>
> MEMDISK isn't a real linux kernel and doesn't go to 32-bit mode in the same way
> as the linux kernel.
>
> When you use linux in grub2, it won't run the 16 bit code of the linux kernel,
> which will set the CPU mode to 32 bit again (so grub2 should be a bit faster),
> like grub and syslinux did/do.
>
> - Gert Hulselmans
>
>
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