Am Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:19:23 +0200 schrieb "Marc A. Kastner" <li...@mkasu.org>:
> I used Linux on a couple of different MacBooks. Usually I had the best > experience not using rEFInd as an intermediate layer, but as the EFI > boot loader loading the kernel file directly. My setup is based on the > ArchLinux Wiki article about it. Every time you update your kernel, you > just need to copy the vmlinuz to your EFI partition in the right folder. > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/EFI_stub_kernel > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI_Bootloaders#Using_rEFInd I tried using an EFI stub kernel, but the firmware does not seem to pick it up. I suspect I will have to try blessing it again, but after rebooting into the OS X 10.7 DVD yet again, it didn't find the SSD *again*. So I will get to work on other things and try it again later tonight. I mean, when you can't even install OS X on the hardware it's supposed to run on... well, by now I'm just tired of trying to get it to work. > When using EFI mode, I had a couple of problems, which I haven't had in > BIOS mode. Depending on your model, it might not be possible to use > brightness settings of your graphics card or using the integrated > graphics card (if your model has a discrete one) anymore. Are you talking about modern systems with two graphics cards? I read that using BIOS compatibility mode there is problematic for battery life because then the firmware will only expose the larger graphics card. > Another hint for Linux on MBP: For Wifi, you should use the broadcom-sta > Version 6.x which is still masked in portage. Older versions had a lot > of latency, performance and disconnect issues on my systems. I will remember that, once I actually get the damn thing to boot. -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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