Re: "grub" command works, but GRUB boot loader hangs

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

From: Ben Liblit <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: "grub" command works, but GRUB boot loader hangs
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 23:36:17 -0700

> Then the 96 is probably not being returned by the BIOS.  Rather, we
> are probably hitting the following code in get_diskinfo_standard():

I forgot that. Thanks for pointing that out.

> The call to biosdisk_int13_extensions() never returns.

That means, your BIOS doesn't have working LBA support, or, GRUB has a
bug. AFAIK, the code of GRUB using LBA routines works quite well on
most machines, so I don't think the current code of GRUB has a
deficiency. However, there was one case where GRUB could work if some
workaround was added into GRUB for a buggy BIOS (a version of
ThinkPad, IIRC. See the archive of this mailing list, for more
information). Thus, it might be possible to find out a workaround for
your BIOS, even if your BIOS should be blamed.

First, I'd recommend investigating if GRUB could work with your BIOS,
when the LBA support of your BIOS is disabled. If that allows GRUB to
work with your BIOS, then your BIOS must be buggy.

Okuji