From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K2WjB-0003D2-OF for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:26:57 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Wj9-0003CC-BV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:26:55 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Wj6-0003Be-UX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:26:53 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50396 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Wj6-0003Ba-Kr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:26:52 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:37614) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2Wj6-0002DV-L3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 15:26:52 -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 1K2WiX-0005fj-7U for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 21:26:17 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K2Wiu-0006lt-UU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 21:26:40 +0200 Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 21:26:40 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080531192640.GA25920@thorin> References: <4840123A.5020003@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080530151837.GA7529@thorin> <48402600.8090805@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <48402B87.6060201@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080530192626.GA29768@thorin> <48406B3F.1070704@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080531093501.GA6619@thorin> <48419F91.3070408@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <48419F91.3070408@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: Sat, 31 May 2008 19:26:55 -0000 On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 02:57:21PM -0400, Isaac Dupree wrote: > > > >You're confusing BIOS-based boot with msdos partition labels. You can use > >GPT just fine when booting from BIOS (although Intel tries to hide that > >fact by embedding the GPT spec inside the EFI spec). > > I have the hack which combines the two partition labels so I have both > GPT and msdos labels. Which means that my first four partitions (only) > are listed in msdos, and GPT is the really accurate one that MacOS and > Linux use. I'm not sure if this would confuse GRUB partition-wise. Can it access all partitions? > However, I can't find a way to get into bootloader-land via > BIOS without going through the msdos partitioning mechanism. grub-setup may, too, be confused by this hack. Saving that, you should be able to install GRUB in MBR following the normal procedure, without any need for msdos-style partition table (other than the dummy 0xee one). Would be nice if you can verify GRUB works in both situations. -- 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 /.)