Re: GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition

2009-11-01 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 02:29:45PM -0400, Dave Vasilevsky wrote: > On my GPT-partitioned MacBook, I seem to have two options for booting > with grub-pc: > > 1. Install grub to the start of an existing partition. This coexists > well with the rEFIt boot menu, but requires blocklists to load > core.

Re: GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition

2009-10-31 Thread Michael Scherer
Le samedi 31 octobre 2009 à 15:09 -0400, Dave Vasilevsky a écrit : > phcoder wrote: > > Workaround for your problem is described here: > > http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook > > Are you talking about fix_video? When I tested, without fix_video I > could use the console, but X was slow. With fi

Re: GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition

2009-10-31 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Dave Vasilevsky wrote: > phcoder wrote: > >> Workaround for your problem is described here: >> http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook >> > > Are you talking about fix_video? When I tested, without fix_video I > could use the console, but X was slow. With fix_video, X was > accelerated, but

Re: GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition

2009-10-31 Thread Dave Vasilevsky
phcoder wrote: > Workaround for your problem is described here: > http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook Are you talking about fix_video? When I tested, without fix_video I could use the console, but X was slow. With fix_video, X was accelerated, but the console was scrambled as soon as X started.

Re: GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition

2009-10-31 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
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 con

Re: GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition

2009-10-31 Thread Dave Vasilevsky
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

Re: GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition

2009-10-31 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Dave Vasilevsky wrote: > On my GPT-partitioned MacBook, I seem to have two options for booting > with grub-pc: > > 1. Install grub to the start of an existing partition. This coexists > well with the rEFIt boot menu, but requires blocklists to load > core.img. > 2. Use a BIOS boot partition. This a

GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition

2009-10-31 Thread Dave Vasilevsky
On my GPT-partitioned MacBook, I seem to have two options for booting with grub-pc: 1. Install grub to the start of an existing partition. This coexists well with the rEFIt boot menu, but requires blocklists to load core.img. 2. Use a BIOS boot partition. This allows embedding core.img, but instal