[Grml] [Grml-announce] Grml - new stable release 2013.09 available

[Florian Ermisch]

Hi Mika,

thx for the link. For the previous attempts I just dd'ed the ISO onto
the USB-stick. Now I used GNU parted to create the GPT and the FAT32
partition so I don't need a Mac to create a grml-stick to boot a Mac:

(parted) mklabel gpt
(parted) mkpartfs primary fat32 32k 1024MB
WARNING: you are attempting to use parted to operate on (mkpartfs) a 
file system.
[...]
Ignore/Cancel? i
(parted) toggle 1
boot
(parted) print
Model: SanDisk Cruzer Micro (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 1025MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name     Flags
  1      31,7kB  1025MB  1025MB  fat32        primary  boot

(parted) quit

[&& mount $STICK_DEV $USB_MOUNTPT && cp -r $ISO_MOUNTPT/* $USB_MOUNTPT/]

Works fine with grml64-2013-09 and the "No Kernel-Mode-Setting" boot
option (nVidia graphics). Too bad I need a special thumbdrive for Macs
but at least now I know about this ;)

Regards, FLorian

On 07.10.2013 17:45, Michael Prokop wrote:
> * Florian Ermisch [Mon Sep 30, 2013 at 03:37:25PM +0200]:
>
>> well, too bad I only got my hands on an older MacBook Pro today (to fix
>> some booting troubles), because I can't boot grml on this thing.
>> USB-sticks with grml96 don't show up and grml64 on both USB-stick and
>> CD (the MBP is old enough to still have an optical drive) stop at
>> "Searching for disk".
>> A USB-stick with Ubuntu 12.04.3 amd64 on the other hand boots fine
>> (after not showing the boot menu and some messed up logo at boot).
>
> How did you create the USB stick?
>
> The EFI setup is supposed to work fine:
>
>    http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=usb#building_an_efi_usb_key_on_a_mac
>
> regards,
> -mika-
>
>
>
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