Bug 912855 - handle grub2 linux16/initrd16 commands (boot in 16 bits mode)
Summary: handle grub2 linux16/initrd16 commands (boot in 16 bits mode)
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grubby
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-02-19 21:00 UTC by Fabrice Bellet
Modified: 2014-12-16 20:25 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-12-16 20:25:50 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Add support for grub2 linux16/initrd16 commands (6.78 KB, patch)
2013-12-29 20:26 UTC, Fabrice Bellet
no flags Details | Diff

Description Fabrice Bellet 2013-02-19 21:00:50 UTC
Some legacy hardware need to boot linux with grub2 commands linux16/initrd16, instead of linux/initrd (for example, in my case, this is needed to enable APM on PAE kernels for pre-acpi hardware).

grub2 configuration file in /etc/grub.d/10_linux allows to customize the grub.cfg file initially generated by grub-mkconfig.

it would be great if grubby could handle this syntax gracefully too.

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Comment 2 Fabrice Bellet 2013-12-29 20:26:37 UTC
Created attachment 843169 [details]
Add support for grub2 linux16/initrd16 commands

Comment 3 Edgar Hoch 2014-12-16 06:00:37 UTC
It seems to me that Fedora 21 is using linux16 and initrd16 as default.

Comment 4 Fabrice Bellet 2014-12-16 20:25:50 UTC
yes, this bug can be closed. Thanks for the heads up.


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