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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Kagathara, Satish <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Simon Horman'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> kexec to launch second kernel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I found your email id from kexec site. I am using kexec to
start a second kernel (grub4dos and then windows). I have installed Fedora Core
13 first and Windows XP later on disk. I am using kexec-tools-2.0.1.tar.bz2 and
I just extracted it and ran ./configure and make commands.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I am using following commands to launch a second kernel –<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Kexec –l /sbin/grub.exe<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kexec –e<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>First I tried grub4dos 0.4.4 but did not work then tried
grub4dos 0.4.2 but that too isn’t working. I have copied grub.exe to /sbin.
Also, copied menu.lst on windows partition. I am facing following problems with
them -<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Stuck at Launching GRUB when I use grub4dos 0.4.4 – It just
stuck at Launching GRUB screen. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Keyboard not working when I use grub4dos 0.4.2 – With 0.4.2
version, grub4dos starts, shows some entries on screen then says failure. Then
it tries to find /menu.lst but it doesn’t (I don’t know why as I have copied
menu.lst in Windows partition (hd0,1). Then it neither finds menu.lst at
/boot/grub/ or /grub. So it gives grub4dos command prompt but I can’t enter any
thing as keyboard is not at all responding. Even Caps Lock, Num Lock LED not
blinking.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>In both cases, I also tried using –command-line option in
kexec –l /sbin/grub.exe and given –config-file but did not work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Menu.lst -<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Color black/cyan yellow/cyan<o:p></o:p></p>
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Timeout=0<o:p></o:p></p>
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Default=0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Title Start Windows<o:p></o:p></p>
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Rootnoverify (hd0,1)<o:p></o:p></p>
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Chainloader +1<o:p></o:p></p>
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boot<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sequence is – Fron GNU GRUB start FC13 <span
style='font-family:Wingdings'>à</span> Run kexec commands from terminal <span
style='font-family:Wingdings'>à</span> Should start grub.exe (grub4dos) <span
style='font-family:Wingdings'>à</span> grub4dos should find menu.lst and launch
Windows XP. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Please note that I can boot Windows XP from GNU GRUB with
same menu.lst as above and also when I launch grub4dos as kernel from GNU GRUB
and then grub4dos finds menu.lst and start Windows XP. I can’t launch Windows
XP using kexec.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please let me know whether I am following correct steps and using
right versions or not and a possible solution for this problem. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3333CC'>SATISH </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3333FF'>KAGATHARA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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