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-rw-r--r--system/grub4dos/README14
-rw-r--r--system/grub4dos/grub4dos.SlackBuild77
-rw-r--r--system/grub4dos/grub4dos.info12
-rw-r--r--system/grub4dos/slack-desc2
4 files changed, 43 insertions, 62 deletions
diff --git a/system/grub4dos/README b/system/grub4dos/README
index f6a7862061b33..adafdc564c663 100644
--- a/system/grub4dos/README
+++ b/system/grub4dos/README
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ and new features such as built-in BIOS disk emulation, ATAPI CDROM
driver, and Chinese support. It can be loaded from DOS/LINUX,
via Windows boot manager/syslinux/lilo, or from MBR/CD.
-To build the Chinese version, run the script like this:
+To package the Chinese version, run the script like this:
CHINESE="yes" ./grub4dos.SlackBuild
-To chainload Grub4dos from LILO, copy /usr/share/grub4dos/grub.exe to
+To chainload Grub4dos from LILO, copy /usr/lib/grub4dos/grub.exe to
your /boot folder and add the following to your lilo.conf:
image = /boot/grub.exe
label = Grub4dos
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ image = /boot/grub.exe
It can be useful as a back up boot loader if you, for example, forget to
run 'lilo' after a kernel update.
-This package does not conflict with the Grub package in /extra.
-It is safe to have both installed.
+Read the Grub4dos guide for information on installing/using Grub4dos:
+http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm
-Note: this will not build on x86_64.
+Note: bootlace.com is a 32-Bit binary.
+It will not run on a pure x86_64 system
+
+Note2: Though grub4dos has ext4 support, its MBR code CANNOT load
+grldr (The main boot loader file) from an ext4 partition.
diff --git a/system/grub4dos/grub4dos.SlackBuild b/system/grub4dos/grub4dos.SlackBuild
index 4c9d628f874f8..d800696dabe5a 100644
--- a/system/grub4dos/grub4dos.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/grub4dos/grub4dos.SlackBuild
@@ -2,43 +2,25 @@
# Slackware build script for grub4dos
-# Written by Steven Pledger <slacker4life@rocketmail.com>
+# Written by Steven Pledger <spledger91@yahoo.com>
PRGNAM=grub4dos
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.4.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.4.5b_2010_10_31}
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
-if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
- case "$( uname -m )" in
- i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
- arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
- # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
- *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
- esac
-fi
+TARVERSION=$(echo $VERSION | tr '_' '-')
+SRCVERSION=$(echo $VERSION | cut -f1 -d_ )
+
+# Now using the precompiled binary since Grub4dos doesn't build on other archs anyway
+ARCH="i386"
CWD=$(pwd)
TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
- SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
- LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
- SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
- LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
- SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
- LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
-else
- SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
- LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-fi
-
-# Build Chinese version
+# Package Chinese version
CHINESE="${CHINESE:-no}"
set -e
@@ -46,9 +28,9 @@ set -e
rm -rf $PKG
mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-unzip $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-src.zip
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$SRCVERSION
+unzip $CWD/$PRGNAM-$TARVERSION.zip
+cd $PRGNAM-$SRCVERSION
chown -R root:root .
find . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
@@ -56,37 +38,32 @@ find . \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
-exec chmod 644 {} \;
-# Included patch that translates to Chinese
-[ "$CHINESE" = "yes" ] && patch -p1 < patch-chinese.diff
-
-CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-sh configure \
- --enable-preset-menu=preset_menu.lst \
- --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
-
-make
-
-# "make install" installs a lot of Grub legacy stuff not used by grub4dos, so install manually
-
-# hybrid DOS/Linux executable for installing grub4dos
+# bootlace.com is a hybrid DOS/Linux executable for installing grub4dos to MBR/PBR
mkdir -p $PKG/usr/sbin
-install -m 0755 stage2/bootlace.com $PKG/usr/sbin
+install -m 0755 bootlace.com $PKG/usr/sbin
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM
-cp -a \
- config.sys default menu.lst grub.pif stage2/grldr stage2/grub.exe \
- stage2/badgrub.exe stage2/grldr.mbr stage2/hmload.com \
- $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM
+# grldr is the main bootloader file
+# grub.exe is a modified version of grldr that can be loaded just like a Linux kernel
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/lib/$PRGNAM
+if [ "$CHINESE" = "yes" ]; then
+ cp -a chinese/grldr chinese/grub.exe $PKG/usr/lib/$PRGNAM
+else
+ cp -a grldr grub.exe $PKG/usr/lib/$PRGNAM
+fi
+
+# This file is needed to savedefault menu entry
+cp -a default $PKG/usr/lib/$PRGNAM
find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
| cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
cp -a \
- COPYING README_GRUB4DOS.txt ChangeLog_GRUB4DOS.txt \
+ COPYING README_GRUB4DOS.txt ChangeLog_GRUB4DOS.txt ChangeLog_chenall.txt \
+ Get_Source_of_This_Build.txt grub4dos_r55.diff \
$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+cat menu.lst > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/menu.lst.SAMPLE
mkdir -p $PKG/install
cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
diff --git a/system/grub4dos/grub4dos.info b/system/grub4dos/grub4dos.info
index ad6e7edae11a0..22362e4df8c2e 100644
--- a/system/grub4dos/grub4dos.info
+++ b/system/grub4dos/grub4dos.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
PRGNAM="grub4dos"
-VERSION="0.4.4"
-HOMEPAGE="https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/grub4dos-0.4.4-src.zip"
-MD5SUM="984c52f435d4e5f80af5410a900b1e44"
+VERSION="0.4.5b_2010_10_31"
+HOMEPAGE="http://code.google.com/p/grub4dos-chenall/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://grub4dos-chenall.googlecode.com/files/grub4dos-0.4.5b-2010-10-31.zip"
+MD5SUM="063fc9dfa6d02ae578f113b0ce6f64ec"
DOWNLOAD_x86_64="UNSUPPORTED"
MD5SUM_x86_64=""
MAINTAINER="Steven Pledger"
-EMAIL="slacker4life@rocketmail.com"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+EMAIL="spledger91@yahoo.com"
+APPROVED="Niels Horn"
diff --git a/system/grub4dos/slack-desc b/system/grub4dos/slack-desc
index 05c363722370b..982ce9cbf58b9 100644
--- a/system/grub4dos/slack-desc
+++ b/system/grub4dos/slack-desc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ grub4dos: and new features such as built-in BIOS disk emulation, ATAPI CDROM
grub4dos: driver, and Chinese support. It can be loaded from DOS/LINUX,
grub4dos: via Windows boot manager/syslinux/lilo, or from MBR/CD.
grub4dos:
-grub4dos: Homepage: https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/
+grub4dos: Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/grub4dos-chenall/
grub4dos:
grub4dos:
grub4dos: