* [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro
@ 2013-01-21 4:04 Douglas J Hunley
2013-01-21 17:03 ` Nicolai Beuermann
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From: Douglas J Hunley @ 2013-01-21 4:04 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
I'm completely stuck on getting Grub2 to work with the EFI on a new
macbook pro. I have grub2 emerged w/o issue, and efibootmg as well.
I've looked at both the Grub2 wiki and the Macbook wiki and the
various directions are just /not/ clicking for me. Anyone have any
clue how to actually get the EFI on macbook to boot Grub from
/dev/sda1?
--
Douglas J Hunley (doug.hunley@gmail.com)
Twitter: @hunleyd Web:
douglasjhunley.com
G+: http://goo.gl/sajR3
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* Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro
2013-01-21 4:04 [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro Douglas J Hunley
@ 2013-01-21 17:03 ` Nicolai Beuermann
2013-01-21 21:51 ` William Kenworthy
2013-01-22 8:16 ` Rupert Stratford
2013-01-22 17:08 ` Benjamin Lee
2 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Nicolai Beuermann @ 2013-01-21 17:03 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Am 21.01.2013 05:04, schrieb Douglas J Hunley:
> I'm completely stuck on getting Grub2 to work with the EFI on a new
> macbook pro. I have grub2 emerged w/o issue, and efibootmg as well.
> I've looked at both the Grub2 wiki and the Macbook wiki and the
> various directions are just /not/ clicking for me. Anyone have any
> clue how to actually get the EFI on macbook to boot Grub from
> /dev/sda1?
>
> --
> Douglas J Hunley (doug.hunley@gmail.com)
> Twitter: @hunleyd Web:
> douglasjhunley.com
> G+: http://goo.gl/sajR3
>
>
Here I have two macs with linux (gentoo), both are running refit
(http://refit.sourceforge.net/) to boot properly.
regards
Nico
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online: http://www.nico-beuermann.de
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* Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro
2013-01-21 17:03 ` Nicolai Beuermann
@ 2013-01-21 21:51 ` William Kenworthy
2013-01-22 12:40 ` Neil Bothwick
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From: William Kenworthy @ 2013-01-21 21:51 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 22/01/13 01:03, Nicolai Beuermann wrote:
> Am 21.01.2013 05:04, schrieb Douglas J Hunley:
>> I'm completely stuck on getting Grub2 to work with the EFI on a new
>> macbook pro. I have grub2 emerged w/o issue, and efibootmg as well.
>> I've looked at both the Grub2 wiki and the Macbook wiki and the
>> various directions are just /not/ clicking for me. Anyone have any
>> clue how to actually get the EFI on macbook to boot Grub from
>> /dev/sda1?
>>
>> --
>> Douglas J Hunley (doug.hunley@gmail.com)
>> Twitter: @hunleyd Web:
>> douglasjhunley.com
>> G+: http://goo.gl/sajR3
>>
>>
> Here I have two macs with linux (gentoo), both are running refit
> (http://refit.sourceforge.net/) to boot properly.
>
> regards
> Nico
>
>
There is a catch22 - you have to be booted via EFI to install EFI. To
do this, I had to boot using EFI (I think it was fedora) and use that to
set up with efibootmg.
BillK
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* Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro
2013-01-21 4:04 [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro Douglas J Hunley
2013-01-21 17:03 ` Nicolai Beuermann
@ 2013-01-22 8:16 ` Rupert Stratford
2013-01-22 17:08 ` Benjamin Lee
2 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Rupert Stratford @ 2013-01-22 8:16 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 2013-01-20, Douglas J Hunley wrote:
> I'm completely stuck on getting Grub2 to work with the EFI on a new
> macbook pro. I have grub2 emerged w/o issue, and efibootmg as well.
> I've looked at both the Grub2 wiki and the Macbook wiki and the
> various directions are just /not/ clicking for me. Anyone have any
> clue how to actually get the EFI on macbook to boot Grub from
> /dev/sda1?
I've found that most problems with EFI and such are easier to resolve
when using an optical drive. If you have the new MBP, then you should
consider purchasing a cheap external drive and try using the Gentoo CD
[1].
[1]: http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/current-iso/
--
Rupert Stratford
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* Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro
2013-01-21 21:51 ` William Kenworthy
@ 2013-01-22 12:40 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-01-24 15:40 ` Douglas J Hunley
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From: Neil Bothwick @ 2013-01-22 12:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:51:43 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
> There is a catch22 - you have to be booted via EFI to install EFI. To
> do this, I had to boot using EFI (I think it was fedora) and use that to
> set up with efibootmg.
I used System Rescue CD, and the whole process of setting up EFI booting
was a lot less scary than the interwebs make out.
--
Neil Bothwick
Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro
2013-01-21 4:04 [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro Douglas J Hunley
2013-01-21 17:03 ` Nicolai Beuermann
2013-01-22 8:16 ` Rupert Stratford
@ 2013-01-22 17:08 ` Benjamin Lee
2013-01-24 15:41 ` Douglas J Hunley
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From: Benjamin Lee @ 2013-01-22 17:08 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On 01/20/2013 08:04 PM, Douglas J Hunley wrote:
> I'm completely stuck on getting Grub2 to work with the EFI on a new
> macbook pro. I have grub2 emerged w/o issue, and efibootmg as well.
> I've looked at both the Grub2 wiki and the Macbook wiki and the
> various directions are just /not/ clicking for me. Anyone have any
> clue how to actually get the EFI on macbook to boot Grub from
> /dev/sda1?
Have you made your EFI image with grub-mkimage?
Once that's done tar up your GRUB directory and extract it to /efi/grub
in Mac OS. I have rEFIt installed as well so I can select EFI GRUB
among other boot options (like legacy BIOS emulation mode and Mac OS).
blee@supra /mnt/macos/efi $ ls
grub rEFIt License.rtf rEFIt ReadMe.rtf refit tools
blee@supra /mnt/macos/efi $ ls grub/grub.efi grub/grub.cfg
grub/grub.cfg grub/grub.efi
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Benjamin Lee
http://www.b1c1l1.com/
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* Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro
2013-01-22 12:40 ` Neil Bothwick
@ 2013-01-24 15:40 ` Douglas J Hunley
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From: Douglas J Hunley @ 2013-01-24 15:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> I used System Rescue CD, and the whole process of setting up EFI booting
> was a lot less scary than the interwebs make out.
+1
System Rescue CD made things so simple
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Douglas J Hunley (doug.hunley@gmail.com)
Twitter: @hunleyd Web:
douglasjhunley.com
G+: http://goo.gl/sajR3
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* Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 on macbook pro
2013-01-22 17:08 ` Benjamin Lee
@ 2013-01-24 15:41 ` Douglas J Hunley
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From: Douglas J Hunley @ 2013-01-24 15:41 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Benjamin Lee <ben@b1c1l1.com> wrote:
> Once that's done tar up your GRUB directory and extract it to /efi/grub
> in Mac OS. I have rEFIt installed as well so I can select EFI GRUB
> among other boot options (like legacy BIOS emulation mode and Mac OS).
I'm not dual-booting. OSX is /gone/
Thanks for the input everyone. I figured it out eventually and will be
posting a writeup to my G+ during lunch today to describe the process
since I had several people interested in the outcome that are not on
this list.
--
Douglas J Hunley (doug.hunley@gmail.com)
Twitter: @hunleyd Web:
douglasjhunley.com
G+: http://goo.gl/sajR3
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