On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 22:02 +0200, Julien BLACHE wrote: > Jason Fleischli <jason.fleisc...@hp.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > It looks like Debian would be best to default to Grub for Macs for the > > best graphics functionality and my understanding of it today is that > > rEFIt is not even required. One can just run a Linux installer cd, > > install linux, and then hold the "option" button during Mac power on to > > choose between OS X and Linux. But I have to believe that legacy BIOS > > Yes - but any partition with a legacy bootloader is identified as > "Windows" by Apple's GUI choser, which is very confusing. > > Also having to hold down the option key is a bother as the machine > can't boot without the user attending. > > Additionally, rEFIt comes with a set of EFI tools, of which gptsync > can save you if you do some partitioning changes and forget to run > gptsync from the OS before rebooting. > > > mode will be deprecated at some point in the future otherwise whats > > the point of even using UEFI? I have also learned that grub2 has efi > > The legacy BIOS will remain on Apple machines until Windows supports > EFI or Mac OS X overtakes Windows in terms of marketshare, whichever > comes first. > > All in all, that's a couple years from now. > > JB. Julien,
Please accept a personal apology for misinterpreting this request and the lag for this work that it caused. I had no ill intentions. -jason -- ___________________________________ JASON FLEISCHLI HP - Linux Telco R&D | Support Ft. Collins CO (970)898-0874 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
