Re: grub in mac

[Andrei Borzenkov]

14.11.2015 07:48, address@hidden пишет:
> I fixed the problem, the root cause is : the following if-loop is never be true 
> in apple

Please explain. Your logs clearly show that special in mount point is 
character device, so this is obviously true in this case (and for mount 
point device size was also correct).

Did you try using /dev/rdisk as install device as I suggested?

> #if GRUB_DISK_DEVS_ARE_CHAR
>    if (S_ISCHR (st.st_mode))
> #else
>    if (S_ISBLK (st.st_mode))
> #endif
>      ret = grub_util_get_fd_size_os (fd, name, log_secsize);
>
>
> So i force the line "ret = grub_util_get_fd_size_os (fd, name, log_secsize);” to be 
> execute, then everything work. I am using this command "hdiutil attach -imagekey 
> diskimage-class=CRawDiskImage -nomount hd.img” to mount my loopback.
>
> thanks
> from Peter
>
>
> > Andrei Borzenkov <address@hidden> 於 2015年11月13日 上午2:13 寫道：
> >
> > 12.11.2015 13:16, address@hidden пишет:
> > > I am in mac, grub called grub_util_get_fd_size() in unix/hostdisk.c, should i 
> > > copy it to apple/hostdisk.c and fix the bug?
> >
> > Apparently GRUB expects char devices on Apple. Try
> >
> > grub-install ... /dev/rdisk2
> >
> > instead. If it does not work, please send verbose log again.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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