Re: grub-efi with latest mac mini

["Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>]

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>> Mac OS X installer will
>> refuse to install on GPT but if you force it, Mac OS X will be able to
>> boot alright.
> 
> As I said, in effect, Mac OS X is EFI only and requires GPT. The number of people who will either hack the installer, or convert from GPT to MBR or APM is perhaps in the dozens,  or <0.1% of Apple hardware owners.
> 

It doesn't mean that it's forced, more of unpopular.

> 
>> Also Mac OS doesn't use EFI system partition other than
>> for firmware updates.
> 
> Unclear. All Apple computers with Mac OS X running, have an identical Firmware.scap file installed to the EFI System partition.

Ok, idk what this file is for.

>> You mix again 2 things: you can boot in BIOS mode (CSM) on pure GPT as
>> well. Windows is an exception since Microsoft pretends that possible is
>> impossible.
> 
> False. Apple's CSM will not activate unless the following three things are true:

Have you tried to forcibly activate it with appleloader GRUB command?
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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