Krzysztof, I disagree. This appears to be model-dependent - it may work
like that for you, but I'd be a lot more comfortable shipping Ubuntu in
such a way that it installs in BIOS mode on Macs, at least until a lot
more work has been done. Furthermore, there have been no changes that
I'm aware of that would have fixed the booting problem that prompted the
creation of the amd64+mac images (although Matthew Garrett's work points
the way to getting rid of those images eventually); if you aren't seeing
that problem, then chances are that you never had an affected system in
the first place.
The intent was always to install in BIOS mode on Macs. This didn't
happen because the code that was supposed to detect Macs broke when
booted in EFI mode. I'm pretty sure that fixing the detection code will
avoid this bug, and I'm working on that, thanks to testing assistance
from Alan Pope.
** Also affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of
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