Re: 2nd Request Cannot compile grub 1.99 from tar.gz source

[George R . Kasica]

>On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:57:16 -0600, you wrote:

>>On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:17:58 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 08:43, George R. Kasica <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> reed_solomon.c:707: Warning: ignoring changed section attributes for
>>
>>.text
>>kern/i386/pc/startup.S:161: Error: attempt to move .org backwards
>>> make[3]: *** [kern/i386/pc/kernel_exec-startup.o] Error 1
>>>
>>
>>Your earlier email suggests that you are using Gentoo, which has a recent
>>compiler.  Try using GCC 4.5 instead like this:
>was just a patch I tried from a Google Search without success. It is
>being build from the tar.gz from 
>
>ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-1.99.tar.gz
>
>I currently have GCC 4.2.2]
>
># gcc --version
>gcc (GCC) 4.2.2
>
>and am compiling 4.5 at this time
>
>>
>>  # ./configure CC=gcc-4.5 TARGET_CC=gcc-4.5
>>
> 
>>You might get more help if you provide more information about your system
>>-- like version numbers for distro, compiler, and dependencies -- and make
>>it clear that you are trying to build the bzr trunk or a supported branch.
>Distro is an old generic build based off Caldera 2.2.3 if I remember
>correctly. Kernel is 3.2.1, compiler is above (gcc 4.2.2) nolt sure
>what you want for dependacies and as I stated above it's the release
>version from ftp.gnu.org 1.99 which I assume is the current stable
>release as it is what is running here on another FC16 box.
>
>Does this help?
>
>Also in another suggestion I did the following:
>
> >> Try increasing
> >> #define GRUB_KERNEL_I386_PC_NO_REED_SOLOMON_PART 0x6e0
> >> in include/grub/offsets.h, but keep it divisible by 8 and don't
>increase
> >> too much.
> > Vladimir,
> >
> 
>I increased to 0x7f0 as shown below:
>
>#define GRUB_KERNEL_I386_PC_NO_REED_SOLOMON_PART 0x7f0
>
> 

I upgraded gcc to latest gcc-4.6.2 here and it compiles without any
patching or changes needed.

Thanks for your assistance.

George
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