On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bean wrote: >>> >>> - 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. > > oh, maybe. It's an Ubuntu kernel. >> uname -a > Linux east 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 i686 > GNU/Linux > >> Also, you can try adding video=efifb to the command line, does it show >> kernel message ? > > I'll try that soon, does it need any special customization of the kernel?
You can try the kernel I extract from Fedora's efidisk: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/grub2/efi.rar It's 2.6.25. But there is a small problem with this kernel, the screen would scramble after some kernel output. This is caused by the agp driver, not grub's fault. > >>> - 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 ? > > only one year old :))) Interesting, according to refit, this should be an early 2006 model. Refit does work, doesn't it ? -- Bean _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel