Re: Grub2 and Efi (MacBook 5,1)

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko]

Stefan Bienert wrote:
> Hi Grub2 fans!
>
> I'm trying to get Grub2 working on a Efi platform (MacBook 5,1).
> In version 1.96 I get a menu with a working MacOSX entry, but linux
> won't boot. I just get some output which looks like data for the video
> card, than the system hangs.
>
> With todays SVN version (which does not compile configured without
> --disable-werror) I just get a rescue shell with loads of messages on
> unknown commands.
>
> By the way, how do I scroll up to the topmost message in grub-shell?
>
> Here is my grub.cfg:
>
>  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
> }
>
> Has anybody a clue?
>
>   
Please supply your grub-mkimage line. Try putting all modules in
grub.efi except kernel.mod. In NO CASE add kernel on grub-mkimage line
as it's already implied and adding it explicitly results in serious and
various problems. We need a foolproof here
> kind regards,
>
> Stefan
>
>
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