From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1Sd4hY-0007ks-R7 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:18:28 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35632) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sd4hW-0007kh-03 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:18:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sd4hU-0006Rw-6Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:18:25 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:44747) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sd4hT-0006Rj-U8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:18:24 -0400 Received: by wefh52 with SMTP id h52so1046364wef.0 for ; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:18:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=0sfttGg0flWs+mZSznZXy76w1BeExAzTLWjvttEU3VE=; b=d13niZjrc9knEQccR7apk2fMdJa1QBmxgiZTofakryK3zZA1GLOBm3RVgAbIY9TAOk TnTLwa/IFEGWanjQa8HDGJIH0L/Q7IWAvpaia/3GhAapOt858MD+pv04N0cwBxG955jz wHLXoOe8DaHfKWpJeIlFIMwfvvvwfwzdM7a/NAxh47chWxmP+jkoRC1RgP11qqU9lGpL hRYrMB1RcyzCk7V8u9n04DDdlBXYiNWF1tSNsHB6CglnLC/IvXz2+SZs0S/Ak04hosSX 3kp2RBPtfhQ6M5nGRsV9FXBZ+GGX2Xn6ca+bdVX8FlGxnelqcVhdN3raA+cUHt5v+hAk 8LTg== Received: by 10.180.79.71 with SMTP id h7mr22814wix.19.1339183101821; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:18:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (16-45.62-81.cust.bluewin.ch. [81.62.45.16]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gb9sm3073880wib.8.2012.06.08.12.18.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:18:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FD24FFB.6060304@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 21:18:19 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.4) Gecko/20120510 Icedove/10.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: grub-efi with latest mac mini References: <654DF80AD31A344E93DBCC6280BD6DEF4ADA4F37@NL0230MBX08N1.DIR.slb.com> <4FCC8675.5050905@gmail.com> <654DF80AD31A344E93DBCC6280BD6DEF4ADA70E5@NL0230MBX08N1.DIR.slb.com> <4FD21A3E.7040901@gmail.com> <654DF80AD31A344E93DBCC6280BD6DEF4ADA7276@NL0230MBX08N1.DIR.slb.com> <2B404D24-6760-4E33-A174-242BEF55C4F2@colorremedies.com> <4FD24966.4030202@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig44930A90307BDBFE253B40CB" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 74.125.82.169 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:18:27 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig44930A90307BDBFE253B40CB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> Mac OS X installer will >> refuse to install on GPT but if you force it, Mac OS X will be able to= >> boot alright. >=20 > 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. >=20 It doesn't mean that it's forced, more of unpopular. >=20 >> Also Mac OS doesn't use EFI system partition other than >> for firmware updates. >=20 > Unclear. All Apple computers with Mac OS X running, have an identical F= irmware.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 i= s >> impossible. >=20 > 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? --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig44930A90307BDBFE253B40CB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAk/ST/sACgkQNak7dOguQgmgNgD/RbNfYTQZf202RhLSv02u5J5E vX039rtNOaJ4mYQ/QRYBAMO8wDVn2RT1I/8Lqg839bQkn4TNWzbp2h7rZwdLbuJk =3X+k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig44930A90307BDBFE253B40CB--