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On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST)
"Questions" <questions@totaldiver.net> wrote:


> However,  when I try FreeBSD/amd64, grub won't compile (it's
> architecture is forced to i386 only in the Makefile.  I haven't dug
> into why, but I'm confident there is a reason. Obviously, grub
> becomes a non-option.  Gag has the same limitation of being i386 only.
> 

I'm not sure why gag is i386 only, all it does is install a binary
floppy disk ISO. You can also install it from many Linux live CDs. Once
it's installed it's independent of the original installation medium.