grub settings

[punkgeek]

Hello,
I've try to load x86 extensions from x86_64 and after searching, I got should to do this:
vmlinuz64 + rootfs.gz + modules64.gz

but I cant understand how should I do that in menu.lst from grub:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz64 quite
initrd /boot/rootfs.gz, /boot/modules64.gz

it dose not worked for me.

I need to install chntpw from tinycore64 and it is not exist from x86_64 repo, is there anything to do that without load rootfs.gz? like convert x86 package to x86_64?

Thank you

[coreplayer2]

Hello,
I've try to load x86 extensions from x86_64 and after searching, I got should to do this:
vmlinuz64 + rootfs.gz + modules64.gz

but I cant understand how should I do that in menu.lst from grub:

I need to install chntpw from tinycore64 and it is not exist from x86_64 repo, is there anything to do that without load rootfs.gz? like convert x86 package to x86_64?

Thank you

Hi
I think you mean to load chntpw.tcz from the TC8 x86 repo

If you need tinycore64 to run 32bit chntpw with 64bit kernel, then

for Grub2 use

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linux /boot/vmlinuz64 loglevel=3
initrd /boot/rootfs.gz /boot/modules64.gz

I'm not sure about use with grub4dos however..

Good luck

[coreplayer2]

I did some digging..

It appears that grub4dos and grub2 share some features for compatibility so looks like the grub2 menu format will work for grub4dos also.
Therefore try this

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linux /boot/vmlinuz64 loglevel=3
initrd /boot/rootfs.gz /boot/modules64.gz

[Misalf]

Note that with
vmlinuz64 + rootfs.gz + modules64.gz
you have 64-bit kernel and 32-bit user-space.
i.e. "Core 64"

Meaning the kernel operates at 64-bit and can access more than 4GB RAM
but your apps are 32-bit.

So the  x86_64  repo doesn't apply to you in this situation.

If you want  "Core Pure 64" (64-bit apps), load  rootfs64.gz  instead of  rootfs.gz .

[curaga]

You should be able to compile chntpw for 64-bit just fine.

[Juanito]

chntpw posted to corepure64 repo

*** not tested ***

[punkgeek]

Thank you
It's done

But how can I install grub on tinycore x86_64 ?
I could not found it from repo
And how can I compile 32 bit extensions for 64 bit systems?

[coreplayer2]

But how can I install grub on tinycore x86_64 ?
I could not found it from repo

You should find " grub2-multi.tcz " in the TC-8 x86_64 repo

[Juanito]

..and 32-bit extensions will not work on corepure64

[punkgeek]

I've tried to install but I got this error from grub2_multi.tcz extension:

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$ sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/sda1 /dev/sda1
installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: cannot open directory '/usr/local/share/locale': no such file or directory.
grub-install: warning: file system 'ex2' doesn't support embedding.
grub-install: warning: embedding is not possible. grub can only be installed in this setup using blocklists. however, blocklists are UNRELIABLe and their ise is discouraged..
grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.

[Juanito]

Does this work:

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$ sudo grub-install --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/mnt/sda1/boot /dev/sda

[punkgeek]

Thank you but i got this error:

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installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: cannot open directory '/usr/local/share/locale': no such file or directory.
installation finished. no error reported

[Rich]

Hi punkgeek
That's not an error, that's a warning. That last line is telling you that the installation completed. The warning is due to the various
language files for messages not being found.

[punkgeek]

Thank you, It's worked :x

But, how can I config the grub2? becuase I cant find grub.cfg file from /mnt/sda1/boot/grub
I made a grub.cfg from this directory, but It does'nt work:

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menuentry "tinycore63" {
linux /boot/vmlinuz quiet
initrd /boot/corepure64.gz
}

[Juanito]

grub.cfg is not installed - you need to create you own.

You probably need to tell grub where to look for vmlinuz/corepure64.gz - see:

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,19364.msg119228.html#msg119228