Re: [Mactel-linux-users] grub-efi configuration

[mike d. <fl...@po...>]

Tino Keitel a dit:
> I didn't try efifb. I just use the DRM framebuffer along with kernel
> mode setting, which is also used by the native Intel driver in Xorg.

Oh, I'm gonna give that a try then.

> > However, a few questions remain for me: - what are the actual
> > advantages and drawbacks from booting in EFI on such a platform?
> 
> You don't have to mess around with gptsync, which is limited to 4
> partitions.  And in my setup, it created a dummy partition before the
> EFI partition, lowering the limit to 3.  Also, there is no delay at
> boot time which is caused by the legacy BIOS.

Right. The partition limit is not a big deal for me, and I don't mind
about the faster bootup procedure, but is there another obvious benefit,
or any drawback for that matter?
 
> > - where is it best to put the grub.efi EFI application? is it
> > advised to have it sit on the first EFI system partition, within the
> > EFI folder?  - if not, where?
> 
> I created a small HFS+ partition only for grub. It has no journal, so
> I can also write it in Linux to update grub or modify grub.cfg.

Ok. So - what is the EFI system partition for? Seemed like a good place
to put EFI applications, but when I mount it under Debian, it shows
empty, while there's an EFI folder in it when I mount it under MacOS X.
Any eplanation for that?

Cheers,

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mike dentifrice <fl...@po...>