Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Understanding EFI

2007-07-20 Thread mike dentifrice
Michael Crawford said: > EFI only replaces the legacy 16-bit BIOS. More modern portions of the > BIOS such as VESA and ACPI that are 32-bit aren't replaced by EFI. Is it possible to boot in EFI mode and have a fully working system? If so, how, and what are the pros and cons of such a configuratio

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Understanding EFI

2007-07-03 Thread Mildred
hi Le Tue 03/07/2007 à 20:48 Gregor Jasny à écrit: > Which Intel driver are you referring to? Do you have a link for me? That one: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/documentation.html > Question: Is the BIOS still used for mode setting? > Answer > The Intel X.org driver version 2.0 now includes nati

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Understanding EFI

2007-07-03 Thread Michael Crawford
On 7/2/07, Mildred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that I'm using the new intel driver for the video card (the one > that do not need the BIOS any more) I would like to test booting my > system with EFI (and the possibly the new GRUB). > > But I do not really understand how it works. Does someone

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Understanding EFI

2007-07-02 Thread Tino Keitel
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 05:36:40 +0200, Mildred wrote: > Hi, > > Now that I'm using the new intel driver for the video card (the one > that do not need the BIOS any more) I would like to test booting my > system with EFI (and the possibly the new GRUB). Hi, my understanding was that the driver s

[Mactel-linux-users] Understanding EFI

2007-07-02 Thread Mildred
Hi, Now that I'm using the new intel driver for the video card (the one that do not need the BIOS any more) I would like to test booting my system with EFI (and the possibly the new GRUB). But I do not really understand how it works. Does someone have any useful links to share ? The GRUB Wiki ha