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Re: `"prefix" is not set` error message in early GRUB startup


From: Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Subject: Re: `"prefix" is not set` error message in early GRUB startup
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:21:23 +0100
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>  My suggested fix is to move the calls to grub_machine_set_prefix()
> and grub_set_root_dev before grub_load_modules().  A cursory
> examination of these functions doesn't reveal any dependence on any
> loadable modules, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
The dependence is subtle: set_prefix may require working
partitions_iterate (I think it does on EFI).
I'll think how to fix the matters but since normal.mod isn't meant to be
preloaded, I see the matter as minor.
> Were these two functions put after grub_load_modules() before they
> might require modules loaded there?
>
>  --S
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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