I think peter is quite aware of that... There is also a lot of good info here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=995704
-- grub.efi fails to load kernel 2.6.25 or 2.6.26 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259986 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in Mactel Support: New Status in “grub2” source package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: grub-efi_1.96+20080512-1ubuntu2_i386 on my macbook (see below): grub.efi from the ubuntu grub-efi package : grub-efi_1.96+20080512-1ubuntu2_i386.deb is broken. grub.efi made with all modules and installed manually fails to load ubuntu kernels vmlinuz-2.6.26-5-generic vmlinuz-2.6.26-5-generic vmlinuz-2.6.25-1-386 and others. and has bugs in its command line. It does manage to chainload macosx. boot.efi I use grub.efi made by grub-mkimage compiled from the grub2 gnu source, it works. http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/grub2/?root=grub Platform: # dmidecode -t system # dmidecode 2.9 # SMBIOS entry point at 0x3eebf000 SMBIOS 2.4 present. Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Product Name: MacBook2,1 Version: 1.0 Serial Number: W8717FYXWGL UUID: 61F9E18A-38B2-B440-A87E-7457DF18863C Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: System SKUNumber Family: MacBook Handle 0x0004, DMI type 32, 20 bytes System Boot Information Status: No errors detected Handle 0x0106, DMI type 12, 5 bytes System Configuration Options Running kernel loaded by grub.efi (svn) # uname -r 2.6.25-1-386 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
