Re: Can't use GRUB?

On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 13:23:10 -0400, monnier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> When you want to use grub you have to patch it first. So that grub can
> >> install itself on the boot record of the partition..
> 
> > And here is an howto for gentoo :
> 
> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook#Grub
> 
> This point to the patch
> http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/mini-xen/grub-a20.patch which only
> changes stage2/asm.S.  Is that really going to fix my problem?

It looks like this patch fixes a bug where GRUB has problems with the
A20 gate of the BIOS emulation. IIRC that leads to an unusable USB
keyboard in the boot menu. So this is nothing that affects the GRUB
installation process.

Regards,
Tino

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