Hi List
I know that a grub different from the standard is used. I downloaded the grub on Adam's site but have no idea how to get that diff file to work. There is a ReadMe called as grub-0.97-os.3.README that gives some info but I don't just get the fact that it is to boot from network.
I am just booting from the hard disk using standard grub (with -modaddr option used with bootstrap), but now I need to use the vbeset command (and maybe others in future), so I really need that grub.
I have done these
$ wget ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-0.97.tar.gz $ wget http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/~adam/grub/0.97/grub-0.97-os.7.diff.gz $ tar xzf grub-0.97.tar.gz $ cd grub-0.97 $ zcat ../grub-0.97-os.7.diff.gz | patch -p0
so what i do next? just install this grub (using install) or something else? because the next steps in readme seem like specific for diskless booting from some network.
and what version of adam's grub should I download (i used the grub-0.97-os.7.diff.gz because it seemed latest).
some other things (unrelated to above) -- can i make programs that could write output to some file on hard disk. Is somewhere a reference manual that gives info about what datatypes and functions can i use in a general program i write, e.g. to do something equivalent of scanf,malloc,etc.
Regards, Ashish