From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K2AFM-00041G-6K for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:26:40 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2AFK-00040u-IO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:26:38 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2AFJ-00040J-HY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:26:37 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59708 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2AFJ-00040F-Dv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:26:37 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:52509) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2AFJ-00039a-3U for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:26:37 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K2AEq-0003mI-0u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 21:26:08 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K2AF8-0007ox-1f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 21:26:26 +0200 Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 21:26:26 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080530192626.GA29768@thorin> References: <4840123A.5020003@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080530151837.GA7529@thorin> <48402600.8090805@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <48402B87.6060201@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <48402B87.6060201@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: macbook EFI experiences X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 19:26:38 -0000 On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:29:59PM -0400, Isaac Dupree wrote: > It's fixed now for my hardware, Intel's new video driver in Xorg 7.3 > doesn't need any BIOS hacks or anything, I believe. Anyway, I'll find > out if it works just as soon as I manage to actually get into > linux-kernel under EFI, so *if* it doesn't break, then I can keep using > that and avoid (1) the unnecessary and potentially buggy CSM, (2) the > hassles of installing a pc-bios-style bootloader on the header of one of > my partitions. (and (3) be able to report bugs (in whatever software is > affected) that happen later on when doing it that way.) It can't hurt > to try... You don't need to use the header of one of your partitions. You can use the MBR or even have a dedicated partition for core.img. Then you can install the rest of GRUB in a filesystem that's not case unsensitive! ;-P Btw what's a CSM? -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)