From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N4J7E-0003Ad-J1 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:55:56 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N4J7D-0003A0-FQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:55:55 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N4J77-000383-7f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:55:54 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54391 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N4J76-00037s-Tn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:55:48 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:58055) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N4J76-0004No-G1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:55:48 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e21so261619fga.12 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:55:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=CuMF6fxuzs8OLTD84xxfZPnnb0g9psRWowzD4+/07EU=; b=Z+6iWDDrGSroBv7ah/PdQX8jj+YaHSsrlQyjSHKFfXpw907o7X3/Wz19Qv8aU23Sqd BVgb8+vcshKaaQTV78JHwL9gSjsbyYscg/4EHxqgNl14m9oJE7S0q8rgqBVFRIv/6xG8 rHAacemYFge8fP8Kbrs+zldZYMMre5JBMp0cU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=FOiejTvf9vpsI0HDIoxGjgca3sJIeAwczmfGtgxOBfIuvUYcwxnv/gm65dRxESoIh6 cWiBO6rHFi2tzbl1Xn9yfVrMAggRSU373MN1Qvazeubp/l0ihOP3AZVVzQwUX3XuW16Q BXYp2eS5EBza+jN2MQ9Wl6k/lYPGjT+M+RZ/k= Received: by 10.204.175.80 with SMTP id w16mr2327978bkz.207.1257015347262; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:55:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (vpn-global-dhcp1-71.ethz.ch [129.132.208.71]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 2sm2324908fks.48.2009.10.31.11.55.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:55:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AEC8830.7040500@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:55:44 +0100 From: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090701) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <4AEC8470.9060204@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition 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 Oct 2009 18:55:55 -0000 Dave Vasilevsky wrote: > phcoder wrote: > >> On EFI system try grub-efi. >> > > I have indeed tried grub-efi, you can see the notes I left here: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/EFI-Boot-Mactel#MacBook4,1 > . Unfortunately inability to use both accelerated X and the console > makes me prefer grub-pc for the moment. I appreciate all the work > you've put into grub-efi though, it's great to see it improving. > > Workaround for your problem is described here: http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook For the long run linux has to be fixed. >> the best way is to use first sector of BPB for >> this. But the usability is limited. >> > > I'm not sure I'm understanding, isn't the BPB just a few dozen bytes > in the boot sector? Some filesystems have a bit more room, but usually > not very much. The advantage of using the BIOS Boot Partition is that > you can embed the entire core.img, no? > > It was a typo. I meant BBP (BIOS Boot Partition) -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git