Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Booting GNU/Linux CDs from an external optical drive

[Sebastian T. <se...@sm...>]

Quoth Ricky Campbell:
> Booting from USB is an issue. It has been for a long time. The problem
> is related to the legacy bootloader used on the CD mixed with oddities
> of the Mac EFI firmware. 

Understood.

> I think it is possible if you create a grub-EFI USB drive and load the kernel
> from the CD.

I think this approach is definitely my best bet.

Anyone done this, or someting like this?

> There is a big thread on booting via EFI in ubuntuforums.

Thanks for the tip.  *Lots* of useful stuff there ^^^, although not in much
order (as far as I can tell at first glance).

Seb
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