From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Gs8PX-0006zm-T9 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:50:55 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gs8PV-0006z1-Pq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:50:53 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gs8PU-0006yn-SF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:50:53 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gs8PU-0006yk-NQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:50:52 -0500 Received: from [134.134.136.24] (helo=mga09.intel.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gs8PU-0002tH-Kx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:50:52 -0500 Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by mga09.intel.com with ESMTP; 06 Dec 2006 17:50:23 -0800 Received: from unknown (HELO [10.239.25.29]) ([10.239.25.29]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 06 Dec 2006 17:50:18 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,506,1157353200"; d="scan'208"; a="24113878:sNHT20688687" Message-ID: <45777359.3040905@intel.com> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:50:17 +0800 From: "bibo,mao" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <457303C0.6090701@inf.tu-dresden.de><200612031925.30257.okuji@enbug.org> <4576E389.7010702@inf.tu-dresden.de> In-Reply-To: <4576E389.7010702@inf.tu-dresden.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: EFI-dualbooting OSX and Linux on iMac with T7400-CPU 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: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:50:54 -0000 Eeri Kask wrote: > Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > >> (line 2-2) > >> syntax error > >> Incorrect command > >> ... > >> (line 12-12) > >> Press any key to continue... > > > > Hmm.. I think you need to put the open braces in the same line as "menuentry" > > commands. > > Thank you for the hint! :-) > > So now my grub.cfg looks > > menuentry "MacOSX" { > set root=(hd0,2) > chainloader /System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi > } > > menuentry "GNU/Linux" { > set root=(hd0,5) > linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 > } > > and grub shows text-mode menu similar to the old version "0.97". > > I think grub is working perfectly well since I can boot MacOSX as one > would expect it to do (my supposition about eventually not reading HFS+ > journaled filesystems luckily proved to be false). > > Then, selecting 'GNU/Linux' shows > > Booting 'GNU/Linux' > > [Linux-EFI, setup=0x1e00, size=0x231796] > There is no initrd option in your menu, I do not know whether it can successfully boot up without initrd option with grub2. you can enter into rescue mode(command-line mode), and enter commands like this: $linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 $initrd /boot/xxx $boot And what is your linux kernel version? > > and from now on nothing appears to the screen. Shortly thereafter I > notice USB-keyboard LEDs blinking on-off (num-lock, caps-lock, > scroll-lock) at some time point, so maybe Linux is in the middle of > booting I simply cannot visually observe. Assuming booting is in > progress, at some stage it fails though; otherwise I should have remote > ssh-access if it had finished properly, staying in some unusable video > state. > So as you described, graphics drivers need to be investigated and patched. > > > > BTW, this report seems to be a proof that x86_64 starts up in 32-bit mode even > > on EFI, well, in Intel Mac. So do we really need to implement 64-bit support > > for x86_64? > > As said, I was able to boot MacOSX 10.4.8 without any trouble on iMac > intel T7400-cpu only using current grub2 from cvs (i.e. without > bootcamp, without refit, etc. etc.). > Though, after finishing installation, without asking me MacOSX over the > network automatically updated firmware, hopefully to the current latest > version. > > Greetings, > > Eeri Kask > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >