Re: Regarding GRUB 2

[Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>]

Hello Rogério,

Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br> wrote:
> On Feb 21 2009, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>> The HFS filesystem module fails to read some files, in particular files with
>> an underscore in the filename. This makes GRUB2 unable to load _linux.mod
>> from an HFS filesystem, making it hard for PowerPC Mac users to migrate from
>> yaboot to GRUB2.
> (...)
>
> What are your experiences with grub-ieee1275?

Since I've figured out how to get it running [1], it works like a charm. …
eemm, not fully, after an kernel update, you have to run update-grub
manually, but that's it.

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2009/06/msg00064.html

> I'm still keeping an installation of MacOS X 10.4 on my iBook G3 and I
> would like to keep it.

It's possible, pretty much the same like on yaboot. Or you can use
os-prober, but I didn't and doesn't know if it works.

Bye, Jörg.
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