Re: Stage2 is not loaded

[OKUJI Yoshinori]

From: "Volker Augustin" <address@hidden>
Subject: Stage2 is not loaded
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 21:38:06 +0200

> I inserted DEBUG_PRINTs into cmain in stage2.c. The message is not
> printed and it's right at the beginning. I did not look at
> init_bios_info in common.c yet. However, since the message in cmain
> is not printed, I assume stage1 is faulty.

  Note that init_bios_info is called _before_ cmain. cmain is called
by init_bios_info.

> Now, what modifications
> where made to that part after the LAST (not the current) release?

  See ChangeLog. ChangeLog exists for the very purpose.

> By the way: The disks work in my other computers, i.e. grub boots ok
> there.

  You realized how difficult to debug a boot loader. :)
As GRUB often handles hardware directly, this kind of things sometimes
happen.

  Anyway, examine if init_bios_info is called or not.

Cheers,
Okuji