By the way - you may want to use the iso mentioned here: http://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel#KnownIssues
Andrzej On 26 October 2010 15:56, Andrzej Szeszo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jerry > > When you have a moment can you test if you can install for example the > latest Debian distribution and boot it successfully from HDD via grub. If it > works then we can have a look at what changes Debian folks have made to the > grub code they ship and possibly apply them to the Oracle sources. > > Regards, > > Andrzej > > On 19/10/2010 16:45, Jerry Kemp wrote: >> >> I appreciate the comments that people have made on this thread, but so >> far no one has made any comments on how I could further troubleshoot GRUB. >> >> I spent a few quality hours this weekend in docs.sun.com. There is >> plenty of information there on setup and customization of GRUB, but >> nothing I have ran across would assist me in my GRUB freeze up after >> passing through stage 2. >> >> My initial thought was to jump onto the GRUB list and post my question >> there, but it is my understanding that Sun made customizations to GRUB, >> I believe to allow GRUB to boot from a zpool. I believe that Sun had >> also tried to share their modifications upstream with the GRUB >> community, but they were rejected. I am pulling this from memory. I >> believe that I had read this somewhere, but I can't recall a source. >> >> Thanks again for any comments, >> >> Jerry >> >> >> On 10/13/10 20:50, Jerry Kemp wrote: >>> >>> I have just come into possession of the server version of the Apple 2010 >>> Mac Mini, and I am not able to to get past grub when attempting to load >>> *Solaris bare metal. >>> >>> http://www.apple.com/macmini/server/specs.html >>> >>> Specifically, I am able to boot off of the DVD, get through grub stage >>> 1, then the brief "Stage 2.........." note prior to bringing up the menu >>> page where the different OS load options are presented. >>> >>> I wish it would present an error message or something, but it just >>> freezes. >>> >>> I have attempted to do a DVD load with several versions of OpenSolaris >>> in a (hopeful) attempt that modifications had been made to grub in later >>> versions, but from the grub menu screen, they appear to uses grub 0.97. >>> Most of my install attempts have either been using OpenSolaris Nevada >>> b130 or OpenIndiana based on b147 but I have also tried other versions >>> in an attempt to seek variations in troubleshooting this problem. >>> >>> In researching this on the web, I came across this thread which has some >>> similarities, but for me, I can not do any arrow movement or even a >>> single character, i.e. the "c" or "e" to modify grub. >>> >>> >>> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=7554&start=0&tstart=0 >>> >>> Also pasted into the bottom of this is a similar (single) email that I >>> pulled from the Yahoo Solaris x86 list. Unfortunately, it is also an >>> old note from the 2006 time period. >>> >>> I have also searched specific grub documentation with out any luck >>> either. It seems that all the problems others have grub will generate >>> an error message for them. >>> >>> As a side note, but irrelevant to this issue, I did work with several >>> other disk partition options, to include BootCamp, rEFIt, and the >>> included Disk Utility to see if any other options in this area would >>> assist me here. >>> >>> Thanks for any replies, >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> >>> ............................................................. >>> >>> --- In [email protected], "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" >>> <c...@...> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 5, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Mike Riley wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> I saw a post internally that someone else had also tried it. A >>> >>> reply >>>>>>> >>>>>>> suggests they are trying to figure out why it failed. >>>>>>> >>>>> Speculation on the FreeBSD lists on why it might have failed (as it >>>>> did there as well) is that the Firmware Update that added some BIOS >>>>> capability only added enough capability for what Windows needs and >>>>> nothing more... Pure speculation but thought it made sense... >>> >>> Root cause for the Solaris x86 "Loading stage2 ...." hang appears to >>> be the missing legacy PS/2 keyboard controller. GRUB enters an >>> endless loop on a machine that doesn't respond to I/O port 0x64, while >>> trying to enable/disable the "A20 gate" .... >>> >>> <URL:http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=31500笌> >>> >>> >>> I guess this is a Solaris x86 / GRUB problem that needs to be fixed; >>> I expect that more and more hardware appears that doesn't implement >>> PC legacy devices (PS/2 keyboard/mouse, serial/parallel ports, >>> floppy, P-ATA IDE controllers) any more. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> desktop-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ desktop-discuss mailing list [email protected]
