Actually there was petiboot which I never did get successfully working. Wanted to be able to kexec-boot because the BIOS in this old Mac is so very painfully slow.
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On Tue, 23 Apr 2019, Kai-Heng Feng wrote: > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:03:12 -0000 > From: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.f...@canonical.com> > Reply-To: Bug 1824893 <1824...@bugs.launchpad.net> > To: nan...@eskimo.com > Subject: [Bug 1824893] Re: When I type systemctl reboot system reaches Target > Reboot but then does not reboot > > Does the system have boot loader other than GRUB installed? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1824893 > > Title: > When I type systemctl reboot system reaches Target Reboot but then > does not reboot > > Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > This is similar to the bug where systemd used to get stuck in target > Shutdown except that bug affected all my hardware, now it gets stuck > at target Reboot but this only affects my elderly Mac Pro 1,1 and does > not affect my laptop or i7-6700k and i7-6850k based servers. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 > Package: systemd 240-6ubuntu5 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-8.9-lowlatency 5.0.1 > Uname: Linux 5.0.0-8-lowlatency x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27 > Architecture: amd64 > CurrentDesktop: MATE > Date: Mon Apr 15 16:30:34 2019 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-06 (130 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 > (20181017.2) > MachineType: Apple Computer, Inc. MacPro2,1 > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.0.0-8-lowlatency > root=UUID=a0174789-1f6b-4641-91aa-cbb9d1790807 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 > SourcePackage: systemd > SystemdDelta: > [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/ondemand.service ÿÿ > /lib/systemd/system/ondemand.service.d/ubuntustudio.conf > [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service ÿÿ > /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf > [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/user@.service ÿÿ > /lib/systemd/system/user@.service.d/timeout.conf > > 3 overridden configuration files found. > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-03-08 (38 days ago) > dmi.bios.date: 07/02/07 > dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. > dmi.bios.version: MP21.88Z.007F.B06.0707021348 > dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# > dmi.board.name: Mac-F4208DC8 > dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. > dmi.board.version: PVT > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# > dmi.chassis.type: 2 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. > dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4208DC8 > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAppleComputer,Inc.:bvrMP21.88Z.007F.B06.0707021348:bd07/02/07:svnAppleComputer,Inc.:pnMacPro2,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4208DC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleComputer,Inc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4208DC8: > dmi.product.family: MacPro > dmi.product.name: MacPro2,1 > dmi.product.sku: System SKU# > dmi.product.version: 1.0 > dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1824893/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1824893 Title: When I type systemctl reboot system reaches Target Reboot but then does not reboot Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This is similar to the bug where systemd used to get stuck in target Shutdown except that bug affected all my hardware, now it gets stuck at target Reboot but this only affects my elderly Mac Pro 1,1 and does not affect my laptop or i7-6700k and i7-6850k based servers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: systemd 240-6ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-8.9-lowlatency 5.0.1 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-8-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Mon Apr 15 16:30:34 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-06 (130 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.2) MachineType: Apple Computer, Inc. MacPro2,1 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.0.0-8-lowlatency root=UUID=a0174789-1f6b-4641-91aa-cbb9d1790807 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: systemd SystemdDelta: [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/ondemand.service → /lib/systemd/system/ondemand.service.d/ubuntustudio.conf [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service → /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/user@.service → /lib/systemd/system/user@.service.d/timeout.conf 3 overridden configuration files found. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-03-08 (38 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/02/07 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. dmi.bios.version: MP21.88Z.007F.B06.0707021348 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-F4208DC8 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: PVT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4208DC8 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleComputer,Inc.:bvrMP21.88Z.007F.B06.0707021348:bd07/02/07:svnAppleComputer,Inc.:pnMacPro2,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4208DC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleComputer,Inc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4208DC8: dmi.product.family: MacPro dmi.product.name: MacPro2,1 dmi.product.sku: System SKU# dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. 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