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Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini
From: |
Grant Edwards |
Subject: |
Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini |
Date: |
Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:07:32 +0000 (UTC) |
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slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) |
On 2009-03-14, Peter Cros <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 1) Mac firmware not being able to boot from anything other
>> than an HFS+ partion on a GPT partioned drive.
>>
>
> I got curious and rechecked this -
> Here is grub.efi booting from usb msdos drive with hfsplus partition -
That's good to know. I guess I should have tried it rather
assuming as true the posts about requiring a GPT partition. Of
course that may be something tha varies by model or by firmware
revision.
> --setBoot gives deafult fast boot to grub menu, but when booted that way,
> grub can only see its own disk (hd0)
That's OK for what I'm doing.
>> 2) MiniMyth kernel lacks support for EFI/GPT parition tables
>> and SATA hard drives.
> The list of drivers for minimyth seems to include those used
> for sata on my macs, but you may have better info.
I should have qualified my statement -- it doesn't include the
AHCI SATA driver required for recent Mac Minis.
--
Grant
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, (continued)
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Grant Edwards, 2009/03/11
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Peter Cros, 2009/03/11
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Grant Edwards, 2009/03/12
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Peter Cros, 2009/03/13
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Grant Edwards, 2009/03/13
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, phcoder, 2009/03/13
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Grant Edwards, 2009/03/13
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, phcoder, 2009/03/13
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Peter Cros, 2009/03/13
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Peter Cros, 2009/03/14
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini,
Grant Edwards <=
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Grant Edwards, 2009/03/21
- Re: Boot delay when using grub.efi on Mac Mini, Peter Cros, 2009/03/21