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Re: [Xen-users] PV-GRUB chainloading Grub2

To: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] PV-GRUB chainloading Grub2
From: Thomas Pöhler <tp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:08:28 +0200
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Hey fajar,

Thanks for this info. Atleast this gives me some rest ;)

Is there additional info somewhere what is missing in detail? And do you know 
if there are plans for supporting grub2 configs?

Regards
Thomas

Am 12.07.2011 um 22:07 schrieb "Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>:

> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Thomas Pöhler
> <tp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I don’t get the point here. I don’t want to specify a kernel, I just want to
>> chainload into grub2 and let him do the bootup. I also tried installating
>> grub2 in the partition itself and then referencing to (hd0,0).
> 
> Short answer, you can't.
> 
> pv-grub is not a "real" bootloader. It can't chainload another
> bootloader. That would require some features provided by BIOS, which
> PV domU doesn't have.
> 
> -- 
> Fajar
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