Re: [lfs-support] Configuring and Installing GRUB for {,U}EFI

2013-11-07 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/06/2013 09:15 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Dan McGhee wrote: On 10/28/2013 10:55 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Dan McGhee wrote: When all this is successful, I could write the procedure up and post it. Then, if anyone wanted to, it could be put in the book somewhere. I could also write a hint if

Re: [lfs-support] Configuring and Installing GRUB for {,U}EFI

2013-11-07 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan McGhee wrote: I got exuberant last night and presented the ability to boot without GRUB2 slightly simplified. You are absolutely right in a program that does the copy. I haven't researched the options yet, but I think it can be as simple as a script. I think that the main technical issue

Re: [lfs-support] Configuring and Installing GRUB for {,U}EFI

2013-11-07 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/07/2013 11:10 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Dan McGhee wrote: But, as an intermediate step, I could set up to boot this way. Currently, I have some technical questions about GRUB2 build options and grub-install options. I hesitate to experiment because I want to be able to boot my computer.

Re: [lfs-support] Configuring and Installing GRUB for {,U}EFI

2013-11-06 Thread Dan McGhee
On 10/28/2013 10:55 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Dan McGhee wrote: When all this is successful, I could write the procedure up and post it. Then, if anyone wanted to, it could be put in the book somewhere. I could also write a hint if that were more practical. For now, just let us know your results.

Re: [lfs-support] Configuring and Installing GRUB for {,U}EFI

2013-11-06 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan McGhee wrote: On 10/28/2013 10:55 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Dan McGhee wrote: When all this is successful, I could write the procedure up and post it. Then, if anyone wanted to, it could be put in the book somewhere. I could also write a hint if that were more practical. For now, just let

[lfs-support] Configuring and Installing GRUB for {,U}EFI

2013-10-28 Thread Dan McGhee
GRUB is the next package in Ch. 6 that I will be building. I'm going to have to deviate from the book to do this since I have a GPT hard drive and want to maintain it as is. This means installing GRUB with EFI enabled. From looking at ./configure --help in the GRUB source tree, I think that

Re: [lfs-support] Configuring and Installing GRUB for {,U}EFI

2013-10-28 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan McGhee wrote: GRUB is the next package in Ch. 6 that I will be building. I'm going to have to deviate from the book to do this since I have a GPT hard drive and want to maintain it as is. This means installing GRUB with EFI enabled. NO, it doesn't. EFI is the replacement for the BIOS,