grub2 EFI boot loader internal/external booting

[bean123]

Dont think I understand.
What dos utility is that, how can I check the int16 call??

But our big problem is grub.efi x86_64 will only fully boot/run debian amd64 kernel version 2.6.26-1, fails for later versions, hang after the boot. (no more video).

Does it work well with other amd64 2.6.26 kernel besides lenny ?

[pxwpxw]

Does it work well with other amd64 2.6.26 kernel besides lenny ?

The debian lenny amd64 2.6.26 is the only amd64 2.6.26 I have, but user 'LocK' i think had a 64bit gentoo 2.6.26 working (previous post).

32bit ubuntu 2.6.27 was all good with grub32.efi on MB2,1.


re efi 32bit and keyboard -

I just got ubuntu jaunty (904) i386 kernel 2.6.28 running via grub32.efi on MacBook2,1 all the way to console login... but..at the console login - no keyboard. (tried pci=biosirq)

The 2.6.28 grub-efi linux startup log attached and also attached the same kernel grub-pc startup log for info.

[cyberdork33]

Both tried no go, but maybe it is just that installer kernel, wait and see.

yea keyboard works great for me on the lenny netinstall kernel. (White Apple Keyboard).

I just got ubuntu jaunty (904) i386 kernel 2.6.28 running via grub32.efi on MacBook2,1 all the way to console login... but..at the console login - no keyboard. (tried pci=biosirq)

that is exactly what I was getting with both 32bit and 64bit on my iMac5,1

[pxwpxw]

yea keyboard works great for me on the lenny netinstall kernel. (White Apple Keyboard).
that is exactly what I was getting with both 32bit and 64bit on my iMac5,1

Are you saying that you were booting jaunty amd64 (2.6.28 kernel) to login: using grub32efi on the imac5,1?

BTW if you can reboot from grub1, you should have the efi log in /var/log/dmesg.0

[cyberdork33]

Are you saying that you were booting jaunty amd64 (2.6.28 kernel) to login: using grub32efi on the imac5,1?

yes. lots of hardware errors, but got a login prompt.

BTW if you can reboot from grub1, you should have the efi log in /var/log/dmesg.0

I will look for that next time I am at my machine.

[[LocK]]

yes. lots of hardware errors, but got a login prompt.

You are sure that you boot 2.6.28 amd64 on 64 bit efi?

If yes, could you send yours config file ?

[cyberdork33]

You are sure that you boot 2.6.28 amd64 on 64 bit efi?

If yes, could you send yours config file ?

it was the current jaunty kernel... and it was 64bit kernel, on 32bit efi (iMac5,1)... installed on internal hard drive. I have since installed 32bit in it's place and tried again thinking I might get better results with 32bit on 32bit, but it was the same result.

[[LocK]]

ok ... so, the booting problem on 64 bit efi could be connected with grub64.efi, becouse the same image (kernel-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 from debian unstable) doesn't boot on my MB ...

[cyberdork33]

ok booted up tonight (32bit on 32bit now) and did something that I didn't think of before... ssh in.

and well? The problem with the keyboard is that USB is non-existant. The controller is seen, but there nothing connected via USB is there. lsusb returns nothing.

cyberdork33@Grover-Ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:07.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 27a3 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 22)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
04:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 61)

cyberdork33@Grover-Ubuntu:~$ lsusb
cyberdork33@Grover-Ubuntu:~$

and for the record:

cyberdork33@Grover-Ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux Grover-Ubuntu 2.6.28-8-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 23 23:34:45 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

all the uhci_hcd messages say " can't find IRQ for PCI INT X; please try using pci=biosirq" I think that pxwpxw said that he said those parameters. I will try it next just to be sure.

dmesg attached.

EDIT:
Also System Halted, but did not shutdown.

EDIT AGAIN:
pci=biosirq is no good either. it just makes that part of the message go away in the logs too... the rest of the error is the same.

[pxwpxw]

ok booted up tonight (32bit on 32bit now) and did something that I didn't think of before... ssh in.

and well? The problem with the keyboard is that USB is non-existant. The controller is seen, but there nothing connected via USB is there. lsusb returns nothing.

Brilliant, now we are getting somewhere. But that is the 32bit story I think.
The 64bit bug is different - nothing after boot, so not known what follows.
And again the 32/64 or 64/32 - hangup in the linux initialization (ata timeout error loop).)
Plus some variation between mac models.

Any corrections/additions to that?
(MBA seems to be special case 64 bit).

er, the first number is the machine efi 64 or 32, the second number is the kernel.