[yocto] Grub installation

[Darren Hart]

On 06/13/2012 09:21 AM, Jürgen Messerer wrote:
> Thanks for the tips.
> 
> As far as I know is at the moment the new grub default.
> How can I configure back to the old version 0.97?

You could try with the standard PREFERRED_VERSION method, but I'm not
sure if the installer scripts deal with that intelligently.

Is there a reason you want to use the older version?

--
Darren

> 
> Best regards
> 
> Juergen
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Hart [mailto:dvhart at linux.intel.com] 
> Sent: Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2012 18:01
> To: Jürgen Messerer
> Cc: Mihai Lindner; yocto at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [yocto] Grub installation
> 
> 
> 
> On 06/11/2012 07:54 AM, Jürgen Messerer wrote:
>> Dear Mihai,
>>
>> I would expect that grub should be installed in 
>> core-image-minimal-qemux86.ext3 Grub couldn't be found when running the image with runqemu.
>>
>> Any other ideas?
> 
> This depends entirely on the image type. We do not install grub on the filesystem images as that won't result in a working system. GRUB must be installed to the MBR or the VBR of a disk or partition.
> 
> The way this currently works is you build a live image (.hddimg) which uses syslinux and provides an installer. The installer runs a script which installs grub to the physical boot media.
> 
> Improving this process is part of a larger discussion on image types and image creation tooling.
> 
> If the installer method does not work for you, please articulate the reasons why and what would be a better solution for your use case.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Darren
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org 
>> [mailto:yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Mihai Lindner
>> Sent: Montag, 11. Juni 2012 16:23
>> To: yocto at yoctoproject.org
>> Subject: Re: [yocto] Grub installation
>>
>> On 6/11/2012 5:12 PM, Jürgen Messerer wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I have the following problem. I have created with yocto a core-image-minimal for x86 which I could test with qemu.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> later I added the following lines to conf/local.conf at the end according to the manual chapter 4.2.4:
>>>
>>> IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " bash"
>>>
>>> IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " strace"
>>>
>>> IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " grub"
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Bash and strace were installed correctly.
>>>
>>> In the case of grub I couldn't find the directory /boot/grub.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> /etc/grub.d is installed also the folder /usr/lib/grub
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Question 1:
>>>
>>> Which grub recipe does yocto install from  
>>> poky-denzil-7.0/meta/recipes-bsp/grub/
>>>
>>> I would prefer version 1.99.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Questin 2:
>>>
>>> Will yocto not install a /boot/grub directory?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I would appreciate any tips and tricks to install grub correctly in 
>>> the core-image-minimal
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Juergen
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Look for /boot/grub/ in /dev/sda1
>> It should be there.
>>
> 
> --
> Darren Hart
> Intel Open Source Technology Center
> Yocto Project - Linux Kernel
> 
> 

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel