On Monday, 28. April 2008, 22:21, Jeremy Huntwork (as JH) wrote:
>JH: Andreas, you may want to try to track down what differences there are
>JH: between Ubuntu's grub and what LFS installs.
Ok, I patched grub with the files from Ubuntu, didn't help.
So I bzipped all my files, installed Ubuntu,
On Tuesday, 29. April 2008, 10:38, Richard Melville (as RM) wrote:
>RM: > Just to make sure, I installed ubuntu (7.04) on the very same
>RM: > computer (they use grub too) and the system starts, without
>RM: > problem. So the Mac Mini does start some Linux with grub, it's
>RM: > just my install
>
> I've just installed LFS SVN-20080423 on a new Mac Mini (Intel) but the
> computer doesn't start (no OSX, only one partition for Linux). All I see
> is:
>
> GRUB Loading stage1.5.
>
>
> GRUB loading, please wait...
>
>
> There is no error message, nothing. I'm a little bit puzzled, as t
On Monday, 28. April 2008, 23:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (as ) wrote:
>: Just to make sure, I installed ubuntu (7.04) on the very same
>: computer (they use grub too) and the system starts, without problem.
>: So the Mac Mini does start some Linux with grub, it's just my
>: installation. I have a Ma
On Monday, 28. April 2008, 19:22, Jon Fullmer (as JF) wrote:
>JF: Does GRUB work with Open Firmware? The Mac Mini may be Intel-based,
>JF: but it doesn't have a PC BIOS (which is what you would normally use
>JF: with GRUB). It uses Open Firmware. I would think that you would
>JF: need to use ya
On Monday, 28. April 2008, 22:21, Jeremy Huntwork (as JH) wrote:
>JH: Careful what 'facts' you spread around here. With the switch to
>JH: Intel machines, Apple also changed their firmware and boot manager.
>JH: If your mac is intel it uses EFI, not Open Firmware. Yaboot is not
>JH: the answer.
Jon Fullmer wrote:
> Jeremy, thanks for the correction. I use LFS on a lot of Macs, but
> none that new. ;-)
No problem. Sorry if it sounded gruff. It's been a wet rainy day today
and I haven't been feeling well.
I take it you use LFS on PowerPCs then? More help testing the JH branch
which in
Jeremy, thanks for the correction. I use LFS on a lot of Macs, but
none that new. ;-)
- Jon
On Apr 28, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote:
> Jon Fullmer wrote:
>> Does GRUB work with Open Firmware? The Mac Mini may be Intel-based,
>> but it doesn't have a PC BIOS (which is what you woul
Jon Fullmer wrote:
> Does GRUB work with Open Firmware? The Mac Mini may be Intel-based,
> but it doesn't have a PC BIOS (which is what you would normally use
> with GRUB). It uses Open Firmware. I would think that you would need
> to use yaboot.
Careful what 'facts' you spread around here.
Does GRUB work with Open Firmware? The Mac Mini may be Intel-based,
but it doesn't have a PC BIOS (which is what you would normally use
with GRUB). It uses Open Firmware. I would think that you would need
to use yaboot.
- Jon
On Apr 28, 2008, at 3:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi
>Hi
>
>I've just installed LFS SVN-20080423 on a new Mac Mini (Intel) but the
>computer doesn't start (no OSX, only one partition for Linux). All I
see
>is:
>
> GRUB Loading stage1.5.
>
>
> GRUB loading, please wait...
>
>
>There is no error message, nothing. I'm a little bit puzzled, as this
>The file does exist and I installed grub in the grub shell with "root
>(hd0,0)" and "setup (hd0)".
I just looked the script I mentioned up. To achieve the same effect
using manual grub instructions, use :
grub --no-floppy
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