[arch-general] grub2 efi image files
Hi, I could swear that some time back some version of archboot media gave me the choice to select grub2-efi-32-bit. Was this dropped? I've been trying to install arch only (single boot) on a EFI-32 mac. Due to not being able to convinve (bless) rEFIt without having OS X installed to not come up with a delay of >= 20seconds, I wanted to use EFI. The mac has onboard intel i915 graphics which I know to work out of the box. Would this give me any issues like the nvidia guys with using EFI? What is the exact issue I have to be careful about to not brick the firmware with EFI? I know I shouldn't use efitbootmgr on mac efi. What else is dangerous? Thanks, Carsten
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 19:10, Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I could swear that some time back some version of archboot media gave me the choice to select grub2-efi-32-bit.
Was this dropped?
Yes it was removed wrt booting the iso from 32-bit EFI. But the setup script still supports installing grub2-efi-i386 if you can download the package.
I've been trying to install arch only (single boot) on a EFI-32 mac. Due to not being able to convinve (bless) rEFIt without having OS X installed to not come up with a delay of >= 20seconds, I wanted to use EFI.
Can you try https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54847 ?
The mac has onboard intel i915 graphics which I know to work out of the box. Would this give me any issues like the nvidia guys with using EFI?
No idea. Non-Mac UEFI user here (with ATI card).
What is the exact issue I have to be careful about to not brick the firmware with EFI? I know I shouldn't use efitbootmgr on mac efi. What else is dangerous?
Thanks,
Carsten
Regards. Keshav
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Keshav P R <the.ridikulus.rat@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 19:10, Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I could swear that some time back some version of archboot media gave me the choice to select grub2-efi-32-bit.
Was this dropped?
Yes it was removed wrt booting the iso from 32-bit EFI. But the setup
Do I have to chroot to the installed partition and install it from extras? Why not keep it on the medium?
script still supports installing grub2-efi-i386 if you can download the package.
What is the support, if it's removed? I don't understand that.
I've been trying to install arch only (single boot) on a EFI-32 mac. Due to not being able to convinve (bless) rEFIt without having OS X installed to not come up with a delay of >= 20seconds, I wanted to use EFI.
Can you try https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54847 ?
I can use Apple's bless command, but will try that if Apple's doesn't work. Don't want to risk bricking the firmware.
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 22:24, Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Keshav P R <the.ridikulus.rat@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 19:10, Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I could swear that some time back some version of archboot media gave me the choice to select grub2-efi-32-bit.
Was this dropped?
Yes it was removed wrt booting the iso from 32-bit EFI. But the setup
Do I have to chroot to the installed partition and install it from extras?
No. You just have to be connected to net while installing because Archboot will pull the package from the repos and install it for you automatically.
Why not keep it on the medium?
It is not present in the iso because very few systems have 32-bit EFI. Thats also the reason why 32-bit EFI booting support was removed from the iso, so reduce space.
script still supports installing grub2-efi-i386 if you can download the package.
What is the support, if it's removed? I don't understand that.
The installer script (/arch/setup) supports grub2-efi-i386 installation. But the iso itself will not boot in EFI mode in 32-bit EFI, and the package is not present in the iso (so you need to be connected to net)
I've been trying to install arch only (single boot) on a EFI-32 mac. Due to not being able to convinve (bless) rEFIt without having OS X installed to not come up with a delay of >= 20seconds, I wanted to use EFI.
Can you try https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54847 ?
I can use Apple's bless command, but will try that if Apple's doesn't work. Don't want to risk bricking the firmware.
efibootmgr (and efivars module) may brick the firmware, but i don't think bless or mactel-boot will corrupt it since they modify only at a filesystem level. Regards. Keshav
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Keshav P R <the.ridikulus.rat@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 22:24, Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Keshav P R <the.ridikulus.rat@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 19:10, Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I could swear that some time back some version of archboot media gave me the choice to select grub2-efi-32-bit.
Was this dropped?
Yes it was removed wrt booting the iso from 32-bit EFI. But the setup
Do I have to chroot to the installed partition and install it from extras?
No. You just have to be connected to net while installing because Archboot will pull the package from the repos and install it for you automatically.
Why not keep it on the medium?
It is not present in the iso because very few systems have 32-bit EFI. Thats also the reason why 32-bit EFI booting support was removed from the iso, so reduce space.
script still supports installing grub2-efi-i386 if you can download the package.
What is the support, if it's removed? I don't understand that.
The installer script (/arch/setup) supports grub2-efi-i386 installation. But the iso itself will not boot in EFI mode in 32-bit EFI, and the package is not present in the iso (so you need to be connected to net)
OK, so what do I have to use grub2-efi? Try to enable extras (if I can) and install it and then it will magically show up in the bootloader step?
I've been trying to install arch only (single boot) on a EFI-32 mac. Due to not being able to convinve (bless) rEFIt without having OS X installed to not come up with a delay of >= 20seconds, I wanted to use EFI.
Can you try https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54847 ?
I can use Apple's bless command, but will try that if Apple's doesn't work. Don't want to risk bricking the firmware.
efibootmgr (and efivars module) may brick the firmware, but i don't think bless or mactel-boot will corrupt it since they modify only at a filesystem level.
Regards.
Keshav
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