Re: 512 Mb grub bug

[david l goodrich <dlg%dsrw.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 05:18:56PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 07:59:08AM -0500, david l goodrich wrote:
> > > Since 5.0, you can add a line in the NetBSD bootloader configuration
> > > file, /boot.cfg, in order to boot Xen.
> > > 
> > > For example:
> > > 
> > >   menu=Boot Xen dom0:load /netbsd-XEN3_DOM0 console=pc;multiboot
> > > /xen.gz dom0_mem=256M -s
> > 
> > That's fantastic!  Now how do i get rid of grub without
> > destroying the universe, or rendering my machine unbootable?
> > `fdisk -i`?
> 
> fdisk -i + installboot, that should work.
> Also make sure your NetBSD parition is active
> 
I'm a bit hesitant to modify the boot record of a working OS, is
a grub menu.lst like this subject to the 512mb limit?

---
default 0
timeout 1

title NetBSD (wd0)
 root (hd0,0,a)
 chainloader +1
---

That should pass me straight to the netbsd bootloader and I can
then use that to load the xen kernel.  Right?
  --david