Bug#538730: grub-efi-amd64: cant find prefix

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Sonntag, den 26.07.2009, 18:11 +0200 schrieb A Mennucc:

> 6) create EFI image
>  # grub-mkimage  -o /efi/efi/grub/grub.efi -p /efi/efi/grub
> 
> 
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> 
> When I boot the Mac, rEFIt happily lists grub as a possible way to boot
> the system, but if I select it, 
> grub starts in "rescue mode" and complains that the "prefix"
> is not correctly found
> 
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> 
> I also tried
>  # grub-mkimage  -o /efi/efi/grub/grub.efi -p /efi/grub
> with same result
> 
> Any clue?
> 
> a.
> 

You need to include all modules needed to access /efi/efi/grub into
grub.efi.
Like grub-mkimage -o /efi/efi/grub/grub.efi -p /efi/grub gpt fat
The TestingOnEFI page also lists normal and sh mode. I don't know if
they're really needed with EFI to be included directly.

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Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer