hmm there was a mistake in the menu, the name of the initrd file was misspelled; I corrected it and still I cannot boot, now grub says that there is no kernel loaded
a. On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 10:35:12AM +0200, A Mennucc wrote: > retitle 538730 "grub-efi-amd64: cant boot linux" > thanks > > Felix Zielcke ha scritto: >> Am Sonntag, den 26.07.2009, 18:11 +0200 schrieb A Mennucc: >> >>> 6) create EFI image >>> # grub-mkimage -o /efi/efi/grub/grub.efi -p /efi/efi/grub >> >> You need to include all modules needed to access /efi/efi/grub into >> grub.efi. >> Like grub-mkimage -o /efi/efi/grub/grub.efi -p /efi/grub gpt fat >> The TestingOnEFI page also lists normal and sh mode. I don't know if >> they're really needed with EFI to be included directly. > > hi, > > thanks alot, I did a lot of progress with your help (and it was indeed > my fault, I did not use the correct command line) > > so now I can boot the Mac OS/X using grub-efi and the attached menu ; > but I cannot boot linux > > if I switch to command line mode, what I experience is as if there is a > bug such that GRUB forgets about commands: that is, many commands do not > return any outputs ; or sometimes they report an output the first time > I use them, and no output from there on > > a. > > set timeout=10 > menuentry "MacOSX" { > # Set the root device for Mac OS X's loader. > set root=(hd0,2) > # Load the loader. > chainloader /usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi > } > menuentry "GNU/Linux" { > # Set the root device for GNU/Linux. > #search --set /boot/vmlinuz > set root=(hd0,1) > # Load the kernel and initrd. > linux /boot-fresh/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-686 video=vesafb agp=off acpi=force > libata.atapi_enabled=1 root=UUID=b36cdc79-6a50-46e5-8ab0-bc05238ca3bc gpt > initrd /boot-fresh/initrd-2.6.30-1-686 > boot > } > -- Andrea Mennucc "The EULA sounds like it was written by a team of lawyers who want to tell me what I can't do, and the GPL sounds like it was written by a human being who wants me to know what I can do." Anonymous, http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/420 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org