On Tue, Dec 6, 2016, 9:47 AM Jack Howarth <howarth.mailing.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Jack Howarth
> <howarth.mailing.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> While evaluating various Linux distributions for repurposing a
>> MacBook Pro 2,1 as a Linux box, I was pleasantly surprised to find
>> that not only was Fedora unique in producing a bootable disk without
>> resorting to the presence of an OS x partition with eEFind, but that
>> it was unique in being about to boot the x86_64 linux kernel from
>> EFI-32 firmware.
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> No. There's no 32-bit UEFI bootloader stuff being built in Fedora. If
> it's booting, I suspect that the EFI compatibility support module
> (CSM-BIOS) is being triggered, and this is actually a legacy BIOS
> boot. If you get it booted, you can do 'efibootmgr -v' and post the
> results. Basically if you get some lines that look like entries, then
> it's a UEFI boot, and if you get an error then it's a BIOS boot.
No luck with that on the
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL76?locale=en_US firmware...
[howarth@localhost ~]$ efibootmgr -v
EFI variables are not supported on this system.
It's a CSM-BIOS boot then. It you boot holding down the option key, you probably get a hard drive icon labeled Windows as one of the options.
http://matthew-brett.github.io/docosx/booting_macs.html
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