grub2 EFI boot loader internal/external booting

[pxwpxw]

That works, thats why I can't figure it out!

Try fakebios before search, not between search and linux. I have had similar issue where there was insfficient time delay.

[D4T]

Try fakebios before search, not between search and linux. I have had similar issue where there was insfficient time delay.

If I do that I simply get:

Booting from '<menu entry name>'

ROM image present.

Is that the issue you were seeing?

[D4T]

Gonna try the latest svn version and have a proper play around.

[pxwpxw]

If I do that I simply get:

Booting from '<menu entry name>'

ROM image present.

Is that the issue you were seeing?

Nope, but you get that if fakebios is run twice.
rev 2074 is a good one.

[D4T]

Nope, but you get that if fakebios is run twice.
rev 2074 is a good one.

Ok will try 2074, also noticed this when checking various versions in the grub repo:

debian:/opt# svn co -r 2106 svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/grub/trunk/grub2 grub2_latest
A    grub2_latest/configure
A    grub2_latest/conf/i386-ieee1275.mk
A    grub2_latest/conf/common.mk
A    grub2_latest/conf/i386-pc.mk
A    grub2_latest/conf/i386.mk
A    grub2_latest/conf/i386-efi.mk
A    grub2_latest/conf/x86_64-efi.mk
A    grub2_latest/conf/powerpc-ieee1275.mk
A    grub2_latest/conf/i386-coreboot.mk
A    grub2_latest/conf/sparc64-ieee1275.mk
 U   grub2_latest/conf
U    grub2_latest/INSTALL
U    grub2_latest/ChangeLog
A    grub2_latest/config.h.in
 U   grub2_latest
Checked out revision 2106.
debian:/opt# svn co -r 2107 svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/grub/trunk/grub2 grub2_latest
D    grub2_latest/configure
D    grub2_latest/config.h.in
D    grub2_latest/conf/i386-ieee1275.mk
D    grub2_latest/conf/common.mk
D    grub2_latest/conf/i386-pc.mk
D    grub2_latest/conf/i386.mk
D    grub2_latest/conf/i386-efi.mk
D    grub2_latest/conf/x86_64-efi.mk
D    grub2_latest/conf/powerpc-ieee1275.mk
D    grub2_latest/conf/i386-coreboot.mk
D    grub2_latest/conf/sparc64-ieee1275.mk
 U   grub2_latest/conf
U    grub2_latest/INSTALL
U    grub2_latest/ChangeLog
 U   grub2_latest
Checked out revision 2107.

Wonder why the configure script was removed in r2107? Seems a little odd to me...

[D4T]

No good, even tried a sleep 1 after the fakebios command but still having probs.

[D4T]

Sorry for serial posting but thought you might find this interesting.

I am using r2074 and my config looks like this:

# Created by D4T

default=0
timeout=5

menuentry "Boot from md1" {
	echo "first sleep"
	sleep 5
	echo "running fakebios"
	fakebios
	echo " second sleep"
	sleep 5
	echo "setting search"
	search --set /vmlinuz
  	echo "loading kernel"
	linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/md1 video=efifb
   	echo "loading initrd"
	initrd /initrd.img  
}

Now when grub times out and loads the default menu entry I get:

     Booting 'Boot from md1'

first sleep
running fakebios
ROM image present.

     Failed to boot default entries

Press any key to continue...

Looks like something weird happens after fakebios is run?

[bean123]

Sorry for serial posting but thought you might find this interesting.

I am using r2074 and my config looks like this:

# Created by D4T

default=0
timeout=5

menuentry "Boot from md1" {
	echo "first sleep"
	sleep 5
	echo "running fakebios"
	fakebios
	echo " second sleep"
	sleep 5
	echo "setting search"
	search --set /vmlinuz
  	echo "loading kernel"
	linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/md1 video=efifb
   	echo "loading initrd"
	initrd /initrd.img  
}

Now when grub times out and loads the default menu entry I get:

     Booting 'Boot from md1'

first sleep
running fakebios
ROM image present.

     Failed to boot default entries

Press any key to continue...

Looks like something weird happens after fakebios is run?

It's a little wired about the "ROM image present." message, perhaps you can try to dump the memory:

hexdump -s 0xc0000 (mem)

BTW, does it boot normally without fakebios ? If it does, you can just skip it altogether.

[D4T]

When would you like me to run the hexdump command? After running fakebios?

I would like the fakebios command in there as then I can use this same config on both Xserve 1,1 and Xserve 1,2.

[bean123]

When would you like me to run the hexdump command? After running fakebios?

I would like the fakebios command in there as then I can use this same config on both Xserve 1,1 and Xserve 1,2.

It should be run before fakebios. Perhaps you can enter the command line and input it manually.