Re: GPT BIOS boot partition and installing to a partition

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko]

Dave Vasilevsky wrote:
> phcoder wrote:
>   
>> On EFI system try grub-efi.
>>     
>
> I have indeed tried grub-efi, you can see the notes I left here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/EFI-Boot-Mactel#MacBook4,1
> . Unfortunately inability to use both accelerated X and the console
> makes me prefer grub-pc for the moment. I appreciate all the work
> you've put into grub-efi though, it's great to see it improving.
>
>   
Workaround for your problem is described here:
http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook
For the long run linux has to be fixed.
>> the best way is to use first sector of BPB for
>> this. But the usability is limited.
>>     
>
> I'm not sure I'm understanding, isn't the BPB just a few dozen bytes
> in the boot sector? Some filesystems have a bit more room, but usually
> not very much. The advantage of using the BIOS Boot Partition is that
> you can embed the entire core.img, no?
>
>   
It was a typo. I meant BBP (BIOS Boot Partition)


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