On Tue, Dec 6, 2016, 9:47 AM Jack Howarth <howarth.mailing.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Chris Murphy <li...@colorremedies.com> > wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Jack Howarth > > <howarth.mailing.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> While evaluating various Linux distributions for repurposing a > >> MacBook Pro 2,1 as a Linux box, I was pleasantly surprised to find > >> that not only was Fedora unique in producing a bootable disk without > >> resorting to the presence of an OS x partition with eEFind, but that > >> it was unique in being about to boot the x86_64 linux kernel from > >> EFI-32 firmware. > > > > No. There's no 32-bit UEFI bootloader stuff being built in Fedora. If > > it's booting, I suspect that the EFI compatibility support module > > (CSM-BIOS) is being triggered, and this is actually a legacy BIOS > > boot. If you get it booted, you can do 'efibootmgr -v' and post the > > results. Basically if you get some lines that look like entries, then > > it's a UEFI boot, and if you get an error then it's a BIOS boot. > > No luck with that on the > https://support.apple.com/kb/DL76?locale=en_US firmware... > > [howarth@localhost ~]$ efibootmgr -v > EFI variables are not supported on this system. > It's a CSM-BIOS boot then. It you boot holding down the option key, you probably get a hard drive icon labeled Windows as one of the options. > > > > > http://matthew-brett.github.io/docosx/booting_macs.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Chris Murphy > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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