Grub in Ubuntu Edgy and Intel Macs

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 11:51:12AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 04:40:27PM -0700, Mark Edwards wrote:
> >> I'm wondering if there is any chance of Grub being patched for the  
> >> Ubuntu Edgy release to support the Intel Macs.
> >> 
> >> Here's the site with a description and patch:
> >> 
> >> http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/mini-xen/index.html
> >> 
> >> Here's a link to a discussion I started on the Ubuntu Forums about this:
> >> 
> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=243783
> >> 
> >> I don't know if this is conceivable, but it would sure be nice to  
> >> have the Intel Macs supported by an Ubuntu install without any tweaking.
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Intel Macs using EFI ?  If this is so, you
> > need to use GRUB 2 for that.
> 
> Grub has support to use the Bootcamp BIOS on Intel Macs but not EFI
> ones.
> 
> I don't want to patch GRUB even more. If you wish it, it's best to try
> to get it from Ubuntu side.

I believe GRUB 2 supports EFI already.  Mark, can you try that and report if it
works for you?

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