configure:3668: test -s conftest.o
configure:3671: $? = 0
configure:3684: result: yes
configure:3781: checking for objcopy
configure:3797: found /usr/bin/objcopy
configure:3807: result: objcopy
configure:3823: checking if C symbols get an underscore after compilation
configure:3838: gcc   -g -S conftest.c
configure:3841: $? = 0
configure:3868: result: no
configure:3871: checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses
configure:3884: gcc -c   -g  -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wunused -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -falign-jumps=1 -falign-loops=1 -falign-functions=1 -Wundef conftest.c >&5
conftest.c:3: warning: no previous prototype for 'cmain'
configure:3887: $? = 0
configure:3897: gcc   -g -nostdlib -Wl,-N -Wl,-Ttext -Wl,2000 conftest.o -o conftest.exec
/usr/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 00002000
configure:3900: $? = 0
configure:3908: objcopy -O binary conftest.exec conftest
configure:3911: $? = 0
configure:3897: gcc   -g -nostdlib -Wl,-N -Wl,-Ttext -Wl,8000 conftest.o -o conftest.exec
/usr/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 00008000
configure:3900: $? = 0
configure:3908: objcopy -O binary conftest.exec conftest
configure:3911: $? = 0
configure:3919: cmp -s conftest.old conftest
configure:3922: $? = 1
configure:3933: result: no
configure:3936: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your binutils