what you said is true. booting linux on an intel mac... never said it
couldn't be done or hasn't been done ;) it takes a bit more effort to
do it... you have to have bootcamp. EFI is already supported by the
linux kernel but there hasn't been any "explosion" in booting mac
hardware using linux. whats the point other than it being an academic
exercise? both are "cousins," tech-wise--- you can port just about
any app between them... and you could run linux on cheaper hardware.
hehehe. running linux on a mac makes more sense using a vm than going
through the trouble of bootcamping.
efi is enabled on the 945 intel chipset... i think it needs a
firmware update. i guess if your machine uses this chipset and only
uses linux, it makes perfect sense to use efi over bios. and elilo
efi boot loader is used.
On 03 8, 07, at 2:38 PM, JM Ibanez wrote:
The only BIOS bits that the kernel really needs (indirectly) is the
boot
sequence. Everything else is gravy.
Particularly, once the kernel gains control, the kernel doesn't use
the
BIOS *at all*, with certain (non-critical) exceptions. *And*, you can
use ELILO for booting.
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