Re: sysutils/grub2: multiboot is still working?

[Frédéric Fauberteau <triaxx%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Le 2018-08-01 19:02, Robert Swindells a écrit :
> Frédéric Fauberteau <triaxx%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
> > grub-mkconfig generates (in a submenu) lines for both boot methods:
> > - knetbsd
> > - multiboot
> > but when I select the multiboot choice, I get the following errors:
> > --- grub error ---
> > error: no multiboot header found.
> > error: kernel must be loaded first.
> >
> > Press key to continue... (approximate translation since messages are
> > i18ned)
> > --- /grub error ---
> >
> > The line from grub.cfg is:
> >     multiboot /netbsd /netbsd root=dk3  -z
> > but
> >     multiboot /netbsd
> > does not work either
> >
> > I plan to investigate, but if multiboot is broken, the reason becomes
> > obvious...
>
> Have you got MULTIBOOT defined in your kernel config ?

$ uname -v
NetBSD 8.0 (HYDRALISK) #1: Tue Jul 31 18:43:06 CEST 2018  
root@hydralisk:/usr/obj/sys/arch/amd64/compile/HYDRALISK
$ grep MULTIBOOT /usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/HYDRALISK
options         MULTIBOOT

> Is there a reason why you don't want to use the NetBSD bootloader ?

I don't want to not use /boot. I use it on other boxes. On hydralisk, I 
use GRUB to maintain sysutils/grub2.