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* [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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  0 siblings, 3 replies; 8+ messages in thread
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


-- 
mailto: Nicolai.Beuermann@gmx.de
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
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
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
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
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
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
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


-- 
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
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
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

--
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
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
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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