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Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64
From: |
Eric Snowberg |
Subject: |
Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64 |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Apr 2019 13:27:10 -0600 |
> On Apr 16, 2019, at 9:15 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I have been doing some RC testing with GRUB 2.04~rc1 and actually
> ran into a problem on sparc64 after updating from 2.02 (debian)
> to 2.04~rc1.
>
> GRUB itself starts fine, but it fails to load the kernel with the
> following error:
>
> Loading Linux 4.19.0-4-sparc64-smp ...
> error: premature end of file /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-4-sparc64-smp.
> Loading initial ramdisk ...
> error: you need to load the kernel first.
>
> Press any key to continue...
>
> I have tried reinstalling the kernel package but that didn't help.
>
> Does anyone have a clue?
Is your kernel compressed?
>
> @Eric: Does GRUB 2.04~rc1 work fine for you on sparc64?
I boot with an uncompressed kernel and do not see a problem. If I try with a
compressed kernel I do see the error you have above. But this is a known
platform limitation:
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#Platform-limitations
- GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz, 2019/04/16
- Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64,
Eric Snowberg <=
- Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz, 2019/04/16
- Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64, Colin Watson, 2019/04/17
- Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko, 2019/04/17
- Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz, 2019/04/17
- Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz, 2019/04/17
- Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64, Eric Snowberg, 2019/04/17
- Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64, Daniel Kiper, 2019/04/18