That's really good to know. I've used REFit on dual-boot Mac/Windows systems. I didn't realize you could use that for dual booting to Linux, too!
Chris On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Jim Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > EFI is already used by Apple, and if you want to dual-boot one with > Linux (or that other major OS) then you have to download & install > REFIt, which acts like a bootloader & gives you the options to boot into > an OS, from a CD or flash drive, or go into a shell, use the disk > partitioner, get the "about" info, or restart/shutdown the computer. > > Jim Peterson > Technology Coordinator > Goodnight Memorial Library > 203 S. Main St. > Franklin, KY 42134 > (270) 586-8397 > www.gmpl.org > Tweet me @GMLGeek > Library Technology Blog > I'm on Facebook, too! > > On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 07:19 -0500, Sabuj Pattanayek wrote: >> grub2 supports efi . I don't think grub 1 does. This is one of things >> I noticed when I was playing with gentoo on itanium (one of the first >> architectures to incorporate efi). Isn't efi supposed to replace the >> bios eventually? >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
