QEMU and RTEMS problem on Ubuntu

[Ralf Corsepius]

Roxana Leontie wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been trying to set up a new development environment, because my
> previous one (I was working on a VM that had fedora 10 in it) was getting
> kind-of slow. I choose ubuntu just because I already had it as a dual boot
> on my PC.
> 
> So here it is my problem:
> I am using
> - kernel: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic
> - qemu version: 0.10 or 0.9.1 (both of them create the same problem on
> ubuntu)
> - grub version: GNU GRUB  version 1.96
> When running an rtems example (say hello - from pc386) i am seeing a 1-2
> minutes delay before the grub> prompt appears ( since I am  seeing "Welcome
> to GRUB!" until i see the  "GNU GRUB  version 1.96" and the grub> prompt)
> 
> Had anyone else encountered this problem before? Any solutions/suggestions?
AFAICT, the major difference between Ubuntu and most other linux distros 
is Ubuntu using grub2 (c.f. above: grub-1.96) instead of grub[1]
(e.g.: Fedora 11: grub-0.97).

So, I am inclined to think you might either have tripped over a bug in 
grub2 or a grub/grub2 incompatibility.

Ralf