Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Can't use GRUB?

2006-08-15 Thread Tino Keitel
On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 13:23:10 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> When you want to use grub you have to patch it first. So that grub can > >> install itself on the boot record of the partition.. > > > And here is an howto for gentoo : > > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook#Grub >

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Can't use GRUB?

2006-08-15 Thread monnier
>> When you want to use grub you have to patch it first. So that grub can >> install itself on the boot record of the partition.. > And here is an howto for gentoo : > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook#Grub This point to the patch http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/mini-xen/grub-a20

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Can't use GRUB?

2006-08-15 Thread Pascal Spörri
Ah thanks :D I was looking for that. Is there an ebuild for this patched grub? It would prevent grub from updating to an unpatched version.On 8/15/06, Pierre Dinh-van <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Le mardi 15 août 2006 17:50, Pascal Spörri a écrit: > When you want to use grub you have to patch it firs

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Can't use GRUB?

2006-08-15 Thread Pierre Dinh-van
Le mardi 15 août 2006 17:50, Pascal Spörri a écrit : > When you want to use grub you have to patch it first. So that grub can > install itself on the boot record of the partition.. And here is an howto for gentoo : http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook#Grub -- - Mélanger 3 parts d'essen

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Can't use GRUB?

2006-08-15 Thread Pascal Spörri
When you want to use grub you have to patch it first. So that grub can install itself on the boot record of the partition.. On 8/15/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I try to install GRUB I always get the following error:   The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly.What am

[Mactel-linux-users] Can't use GRUB?

2006-08-15 Thread monnier
When I try to install GRUB I always get the following error: The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly. What am I doing wrong? Lilo works OK. I'm using Debian testing, GRUB version 0.97-13. Here is a sample session showing that the file does exist and is on a partition which I believe GR

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] sometimes macbook kernel panic on boot

2006-08-15 Thread Ludovic Rousseau
On 14/08/06, Pierre Dinh-van <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using Ubuntu dapper on my Macbook 2GHz, in dual boot with mac os x using > rEFIt (no bootcamp). You can boot in EFI or BIOS mode from rEFIt. BootCamp does not provide the BIOS and is only useful for Windows. I think you can tell if you

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] boot camp and/or new firmware?

2006-08-15 Thread Ludovic Rousseau
On 15/08/06, Will Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I know the proprietry ATI drivers *do* require legacy BIOS > emulation but this is provided by the latest Apple SMC Firmware update not > Boot Camp and although I am using Boot Camp I only used it to prep the XP > final partition on my

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] boot camp and/or new firmware?

2006-08-15 Thread Ludovic Rousseau
On 15/08/06, gimli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The pseudo BIOS is installed by the firmware upgrade and is part of the > firmware. That was my impression too. So we can upgrade all the documentations and change "Boot Camp" with "firmware upgrade" unless explicitly needed (ie use Windows on the

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] boot camp and/or new firmware?

2006-08-15 Thread Will Parker
As far as I know the proprietry ATI drivers *do* require legacy BIOS emulation but this is provided by the latest Apple SMC Firmware update not Boot Camp and although I am using Boot Camp I only used it to prep the XP final partition on my system and think that rEFIt is doing most of the work. Che

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] boot camp and/or new firmware?

2006-08-15 Thread gimli
Ludovic Rousseau schrieb: > On 14/08/06, Chris L. Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 8/14/06, Ludovic Rousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> In many documentations I read that Boot Camp is needed to boot from >>> BIOS. One good example is "2D/3D Acceleration works with BootCamp and >>> the lat

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] boot camp and/or new firmware?

2006-08-15 Thread Ludovic Rousseau
On 14/08/06, Chris L. Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/14/06, Ludovic Rousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In many documentations I read that Boot Camp is needed to boot from > > BIOS. One good example is "2D/3D Acceleration works with BootCamp and > > the latest ATI Drivers" on the main

[Mactel-linux-users] sometimes macbook kernel panic on boot

2006-08-15 Thread Will Parker
Hi all, first post and probably not replying with correct subject or message history, please tell me what I should do in my replies/posts here I havn;t been experienced enough with anything to post to mail groups before :? :-). 1) Pierre, I am having the same issue here - apic panics not affected