Installing elilo on MacMiniIntel fails
Hi
I recently bought a MacMiniIntel and wanted to install Debian on in (like on
all my other PowerPC-machines).
I didn't follow the receipt in http://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel as I have
no other x86 machine at home.
After upgrading the firmware to 1.0.1 and installing EFI boot loader (Version
0.7). Refit would recognise the daily debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso (as of
August 6). Starting the installation worked like usual (Language/Keyboard
selection, partitioning). I choose to install only the base system (no debian
mirror).
After electing elilo (GRUB/LILO were presented as alternatives) installing
elilo stalled at 50%. I had accepted to install into the only presented
partition (/dev/sda1, about 200 MB FAT32 partition, partman reported 3.1 kB
free memory before.). This first partition was created my the Apple
DiskUtility. /dev/sda6 where I installed the base system was formatted as an
ext3 24 GB FS using the Debian installer.
Switching to the Log (Alt-F3) showed the following messages:
> Setting up elilo (3.6.2)
> Couldn't load efivars module - is it statically linked?
Any hints would be appreciated. If the MacTel needs a tester, I might be
willing to help out (let's say do at least one installation of a base system
from CD once a week till etch is out or till the end of year whatever comes
first), but I do not have the time to dwelve very deep.
Best regards
--
Niklaus Giger
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