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["K. Posern" <quickhelp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Good Question! ... I guess for me a vanilla Kernel was so implicit that
I forgot to mention it ;)

So I use this mail to recap the necessary steps / ingrediants for a
flawlessly working grub1 or grub2 intel setup without any patches.

I am using a vanilla kernel from kernel.org (+ the optional tuxonice patch).
And: No I don't use Adams files.

Kernel Versions: First 2.6.35.4, now 2.6.35.5 (both work)

For grub1:
Nothing special

For grub2:
Then with a ready setup grub2 installation just try editing your boot
entry and replace
	initrd with initrd16
	and
	linux with linux16
and hit ctrl+x to boot like this.

If this is not enough then you need to make sure that grub does NOT
initialize any GRAPHICS --> put "set gfxpayload=text" in your grub.cfg.

But as the grub.cfg often is quiet LONG with an auto-generated grub.cfg
you might need to remove all stuff that tempers with your GRAPHIC-CARD
--> To be sure: Try my below grub.cfg (and adapt it for your partitions).

===========================================================
set gfxpayload=text
set timeout=7 #

menuentry "Linux working :)" {
 # remember: hd's start counting at 0, but parts at 1
 set root=(hd0,5)
 linux16 /vmlinuz 'quiet' 'i8042.reset' ...
}
===========================================================

Hope this helps,

Knuth

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On 09/28/2010 01:57 AM, Aleix Solà wrote:
> Do you use Adam's files? Which kernel version are you using?
> At the moment i'm only getting the typical blank screen.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 2010/9/15, K. Posern <quickhelp@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> grub2 + intel works like charm (just the same as grub1 ;)...
>>
>> The secret: linux16 instead of linux (and initrd16 instead of initrd for
>> those who need it).
>>
>> Good night,
>>
>> Knuth
>>
>> P.S.:
>> Only the 2.6.36-rc remain broken (with grub1 and grub2).
>> I will keep you posted...
>>
>>
>

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