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 > > 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 is > not the first LFS system I install, but the first time I don't know > what > to do. > > I use grub-0.97 with the disk_geometry and the 256byte_inode patches > from the development page. > > > The partition to boot from is /dev/sda1 and in my grub menu is > > default 0 > timeout 10 > title LFS > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/lfskernel root=/dev/sda1 > > The file does exist and I installed grub in the grub shell with "root > (hd0,0)" and "setup (hd0)". > > > 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 MacBook running with LFS and grub, I think this is some similar > hardware and there isn't a problem either. > > > So, why is grub hanging there (I rebooted after 10 minutes)? What > might > I do to solve the problem? What is grub waiting for? > > > Thanks for any help, > Andreas > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
