Re: Grub2 and Efi (MacBook 5,1)

[Michal Suchanek]

2009/9/22 Stefan Bienert <address@hidden>:
>>>> This is my grub-mkimage line:
>>>> grub-mkimage -o grub.efi part_gpt hfsplus fat ext2 normal chain boot
>>>> configfile part_apple appleldr
>>>>
>>>> Next I try to include all modules.
>>>>
>>>> greetings,
>>>>
>>>> Stefan
>>> OK, now I've included ALL modules BUT kernel in yesterdays SVN version
>>> and I'm at the same state as with 1.96: Menu appears, items can be
>>> choosed but the system hangs after giving some, what I guess is, video data.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Why noefi?
>>
>> Doesn't this cause problems?
>
> There is no module noefi.mod in my lib/grub2/x86_64.
>

No, I mean this noefi:

>>  timeout=10
>>
>> menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3 NOAGB NOEFI" {
>>     root=(hd1,3)
>>     loadbios /boot/vbios.bin /boot/int10.bin
>>     linux /boot/kernel-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-n root=/dev/sda4 video=efifb
>> agp=off noefi
>> }
>>
>> menuentry "MacOSX" {
>>  root=(hd1,2)
>>  chainloader /usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi
>> }

I would just boot with video=efifb, no bioses, and no X.

For me X sort of works with agp and no bios but I guess this is quite
dependent on the graphics type.

Thanks

Michal