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grub compilation problems on OpenBSD 3.1
I would like to use grub to multiboot my laptop.
(W98+OBSD3.1) on a sony VAIO. In trying to build grub0.91
& 0.92 I have the same issue: I get stuck at:
asm.S:53: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.code16'
I ended up commenting out the section in configure when I
couldn't get configure to work past this issue. However, I
now can't make grub.
I have seen lots of references to the issue being an
issue of inserting addr 32 and data 32 in front of 16 bit
intructions in the grub source code, but I am not sure I
can tell which is the 16 bit code in grub. The workaround
right now is a boot floppy created from grub on a linux
system. However, I want to boot off the hard disk if I
can. I also want to wean my dependence on a linux to work
on OpenBSD.Is there a solution? A patched GAS? a patched
GRUB source code?
IS there an alternate boot loader which will work for
OpenBSD + windows + , potentially linux? At this point I
may want to test out some things in linux because of
support related issues, so I need the possibility of
triple booting once in a while. I know grub works for all
3 because I used grub installed from linux in the MBR when
I had linux on as well.
Thanks.
PS the same problems occured in OpenBSD 3.0.
Len Zaifman
Environmental Medical Computer Consulting, Inc
emc2inc@sympatico.ca
(519)362-8506