Hi,
I think you have a mac intel like me and i experienced problem with grub
(not efi version, i have to test it, maybe it works): he can boot
anymore Lenny.
You can use lilo for booting (works here).
This is my functionnal partitionned iMac Intel disk:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util
fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x5a7fe020
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 26 204819+ ee EFI GPT
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 26 11663 93478227+ af Unknown
/dev/sda3 * 11664 22492 86983942+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 22493 30401 63529042+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Maybe you have to check if gpttable is synchronised with mbr:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo gptsync /dev/sda
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 187366094 Mac OS X HFS+
3 187366095 361333979 Basic Data
4 361333980 488392064 MS Reserved
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 187366094 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 * 187366095 361333979 83 Linux
4 361333980 488392064 07 NTFS/HPFS
Status: Tables are synchronized, no need to sync.
Hope this help a little.
Brendan Simon wrote:
I have installed Lenny on an Intel Mac Mini, but can't get it to boot
from the hard disk :(
I blew away the OS X partition (intentionally). I just want Linux on it
and nothing else. I chose the single partition option with LVM during
installation.
My net-inst CD is a little old (08-MAR-2008). When installing grub it
installed grub-pc, but I need grub-efi. I did that manually by booting
in rescue mode and doing "aptitude install grub-efi ; aptitude remove
grub-pc".
Does the latest installer have support for grub-efi ???
I also have a boot CD with rEFIt. It said the partition was FAT. The
rEFIt FAQ says to use parted to remove the boot flag and then use the
partitioner in rEFIt. Now instead of the getting the flashing
question-mark folder, I get a console message saying "Missing Operating
System".
Running rEFIt partitioning tool gives me the following.
Starting gptsync.efi
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 34 150992221 Basic Data
2 150992222 156301454 Linux Swap
Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 33 EE EFI Protective
2 34 150992221 Linux
3 150992222 156301454 Linux Swap / Solaris
Status: Analysis inconclusive, will not touch this disk.
Error: Not Found returned from gptsync.efi
* Hit any key to continue *
I'm guessing that the EFI startup code is looking for an EFI
application, presumably grub.efi or something like that.
Do I have to generate this image with grub-mkimage ???
Since there is a MBT on the disk, then maybe grub-pc is the way to go
??? It does seem a hack though given that MACs have moved on from MBR
and using GPT.
Thanks for any advice on how to boot Lenny using grub-efi.
Cheers, Brendan.
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