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debuggingbootloadergrub

How to debug a boot loader?


I debugged small programs using gdb.

I have source code of GRUB. Second stage of GRUB is written in C. Can I debug it using gdb ?

Is it possible to debug a boot loader ? If yes, then how ?


Solution

    1. I would check out bochs
    2. You can also use gdb with bochs
    3. OSDev has a wealth of information on debugging a bootloader