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RE: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini


From: John Frankish
Subject: RE: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 17:35:36 +0000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:grub-devel-
> address@hidden On Behalf Of Vladimir 'f-
> coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
> Sent: Friday, 08 June, 2012 19:29
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: FW: grub-efi with latest mac mini
> 
> 
> > As per above, usb_keyboard was linked via grub-mkimage - the
> > keyboard/mouse do not work with/without any usb modules
> > --------------------------------------
> > I compiled grub from bzr a couple of days back.
> >
> > I didn't use grub-install as I'm nervous about writing to the mbr and not
> being able to boot the mac mini at all.
> 
> If you don't supply any direct argument and explicitly add --target=x86_64-efi
> then you can be sure it won't overwrite any MBR

I tried "grub-install --target= x86_64-efi", but got an error that grub 
couldn't write to /boot/grub

If I try "grub-install --target= x86_64-efi /dev/sda", then I believe it will 
write a new mbr

> >
> > Anyway, I can still boot using both hfs+ partition /efi/grub/grub.efi and 
> > fat
> partition /EFI/BOOT/ BOOTX64.EFI, but the result is the same - no usb
> keyboard and no usb mouse.
> >
> 
> Aa I said before: lack of USB keyboard/mouse in Linux can't be of any GRUB
> wrongdoing since Linux uses its own USB driver.
> 
> > Note that I also do not get graphics, but it boots "blind" without problems.
> >
> 
> Does videotest work?
> 
I get command not found?


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