On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bean wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> This new patch add the following function to the original x86_64 EFI >>> patch: >>> >>> 1, Fix menu drawing problem >>> It maps the unicode char to EFI char so that the rectangle box is >>> showed properly >>> >>> 2, Handle command line option for chainloader command >>> >>> 3, Add new command appleloader >>> The command is used to enable bios boot in apple's bootcamp, for example >>> >>> boot from legacy mbr: >>> appleloader HD >>> boot >>> >>> boot from legacy cd: >>> appleloader CD >>> boot >>> >>> boot from usb: >>> appleloader USB >>> boot >>> >>> The usb booting may not work in some machine. >> >> Hi, >> >> I also fix a few problem in the linux loader, now it can load both 686 >> and x86_64 kernel from 64-bit EFI firmware. >> >> Would someone test it in 32-bit EFI ? > > with just that patch against CVS, for me > > - linux then initrd doesn't run out of memory (that fix is still there). On > the other hand, 'linux' with wrong parameters so I repeated the command, did > give me such an error. In any case, trying again perfectly and booting, > gave me the same (as my last test with your EFI patches) hanging on the GRUB > terminal, not booting successfully. >
What's the kernel version ? Perhaps you need the latest 2.6.25 series. Also, you can try adding video=efifb to the command line, does it show kernel message ? > - appleloader always tells me "Model : Core Duo/Solo" and nothing else (no > matter whether I give it a parameter or not). If I say "boot" nothing > happens, it just stays in GRUB prompt and I can enter more commands. > (admittedly, I think I didn't *have* anything to boot in my CD drive, USB > or MBR) The model is quite old, it's possible that it uses xom. Is there a /System/Library/CoreServices/xom.efi in the OSX partition ? -- Bean _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
