Bug#428094: grub: "mem_lower" patch is needed for some machines to boot

[Tormod Volden]

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-28
Severity: important
Tags: patch


https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106887

This problem was reported by "Linoleum" and "mpwalter" in Ubuntu bug #106887, but we tested the Debian packages 
as well, and they also need the patch. This was confirmed by "cs224" who runs Debian lenny. The patch was 
introduced in Mandriva and is also used by Red Hat.

>From the Ubuntu changelog (grub 0.97-20ubuntu7):

    Add patch from Mandriva grub-0.95-mem_lower.patch (Ubuntu bug #106887)
    Allows grub to boot on some computer where only lilo and syslinux
    would work. Uses memory detection similar to syslinux.
    http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-grub@gnu.org/msg06526.html


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-1-486
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.5-10     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5                   5.6-3      Shared libraries for terminal hand

grub recommends no packages.

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