Re: Boot XServe 2.1 from Grub2 on bootable CD

[Bean]

Hi,

I suppose you're using a hfs bootcd, which uses apple partition map.
Try adding the following modules when building grub64.efi:

apple hfs hfsplus

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Shkarupa Xeniya<address@hidden> wrote:
> I want to install linux on XServe 2.1 using grub2 as bootloader.
>
> I created bootable CD and blessed directory with grub64.efi in it on CD.
>
> XServe can boot from grub64.efi and show grub prompt. Problem is grub can
> not detect data on CD.
>
> Grub output:
>
> grub> ls
>
> (hd0) (hd1) (hd1,5) (hd1,4) (hd1,3) (hd1,2) (hd1,1)
>
> grub> ls -l
>
> Device hd0: Partition table
>
> Device hd1: Partition table
>
>                Partition hd1,5: Unknown filesystem
>
>                Partition hd1,4: Filesystem type ext2, Label /, Last
> modification...
>
>                Partition hd1,3: Filesystem type ext2, Label /boot1, Last
> modification...
>
>                Partition hd1,2: Filesystem type hfsplus, Last
> modification...
>
>                Partition hd1,1: Filesystem type fat, UUID ...
>
> grub> ls (hd0)/
>
> error: unknown filesystem
>
> Question: Does grub work with Apple Partition Map? Or in other words: what
> modules need to include to grub detect data from bootable Mac OS CD?
>
> PS: I try to use hybrid CD, grub2 detects them as ISO9660 can see data on
> them. But XServe doesn't detect hybrid CD as bootable. Any help will be
> appreciated.
>
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