Re: grub2 not able to boot 1G size of linux iso file

[Andrei Borzenkov]

18.01.2016 06:24, Ramakrishna Maladi (rmaladi) пишет:
> It is for i386-pc family (in fact x86_64 - broad well DE).
> I need it because I want to boot 1.12G size of initrd.img from USB
> This is failing because of low mem crunch
> 

I do not understand what "low mem crunch" is, nor do I see any memory
allocation error.

> Thanks,
> Ram
> 
> On 1/17/16, 7:19 PM, "Andrei Borzenkov" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> 18.01.2016 01:36, Ramakrishna Maladi (rmaladi) пишет:
>>> Hi
>>>   Is there a way to allocate memory which is above 4G for initrd.img in
>>> grub?
>>>   
>>
>> It probably depends on platform, on i386-pc memory allocator is
>> restricted to 4G address space. Why would you need that?
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ram
>>>
>>> On 1/10/16, 12:20 AM, "address@hidden on
>>> behalf of Ramakrishna Maladi (rmaladi)"
>>> <address@hidden on behalf of
>>> address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> set default=0
>>>> serial --unit=0 --speed=51200
>>>>
>>>> terminal_input console
>>>> terminal_output serial
>>>> set timeout=5
>>>>
>>>> menuentry "System Install OS" {
>>>>        echo "Booting from USB.."
>>>>        loopback loop /myimage.iso
>>>>        set root=(loop)
>>>>        echo "Loading Kernel.."
>>>>        linux (loop)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/ram install=/dev/sda
>>>> console=ttyS0,38400 prod=1 address@hidden bigphysarea=10M quiet
>>>> pci=assign-busses noissu aer=off pci=hpmemsize=0M,hpiosize=0
>>>>        echo "Loading initrd.."
>>>>        initrd (loop)/boot/initrd.img
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ram
>>>>
>>>> On 1/9/16, 11:49 PM, "Andrei Borzenkov" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 10.01.2016 08:11, Ramakrishna Maladi (rmaladi) пишет:
>>>>>> Friends,
>>>>>>   On broad well-DE intel CPU chipset when I run grub2.0 to load my
>>>>>> linux (Windriver destro of) iso file 1.2G, I am seeing an exception
>>>>>>   Would it be the EFI boot sevices issue in BIOS or an known issue on
>>>>>> grub2.0 ?
>>>>>>   Could you pls point me if there is a patch I need to take in
>>>>>> grub2.0?
>>>>>> I have grub2.0 source of 2014.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> error: unsupported serial port speed.
>>>>>> error: terminal `serial' isn't found.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> GNU GRUB version 2.00
>>>>>> Press F2 to goto grub Menu..
>>>>>> Booting from USB..
>>>>>> Loading Kernel..
>>>>>> loader/i386/linux.c:535: prot_mode_mem = 2000000, prot_mode_target =
>>>>>> 2000000,
>>>>>> prot_size = 124a000
>>>>>> loader/i386/linux.c:1225: bzImage, setup=0x3c00, size=0x124a000
>>>>>> Loading initrd..
>>>>>> loader/i386/linux.c:1440: linux cmd agrc = 1
>>>>>> loader/i386/linux.c:1444: argv[0]: (loop)/boot/initrd.img
>>>>>> ERROR: Class:3000000; Subclass:50000; Operation: 6
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I do not see such error string in current GRUB sources at all. Could
>>>>> you
>>>>> attach grub.cfg, otherwise we have no idea what your ISO does.
>>>>
>>>>
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