[syslinux] Syslinux on MacBook Pro?

Didier Spaier didier at slint.fr
Thu Jun 23 08:45:29 PDT 2016


On 23/06/2016 16:13, Ferenc Wágner via Syslinux wrote:
> Did anybody have success with running Syslinux on a MacBook Pro?  I
> didn't manage, but I admittedly have no idea about UEFI.  I've also
> heard that these machines deviate from the UEFI spec in some way...

UEFI support for MacBook Pro has varied a lot upon generations, so that
someone succeeded or failed doesn't imply that you will get the same
results.

I have gathered a few links a while ago, some could still be useful.
All I know is that these links are not broken at time of writing:
https://vec.io/posts/use-arch-linux-and-xmonad-on-macbook-pro-with-retina-display
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/uefi-and-apple-efi-4175454707/
http://mennucc1.debian.net/macbook_linux_efi.html
http://refit.sourceforge.net/myths/
https://glandium.org/blog/?p=2830
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro11-1/Saucy

These links are off topic as they are not about Syslinux. Some of them
could give some clues though.

Other than that, The level of compliance of OS X to the UEFI spec has
varied upon time as stated by Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface

"Apple uses EFI for its line of Intel-based Macs. Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
and Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard implement EFI v1.10 in 32-bit mode even on
newer 64-bit CPUs, but full support arrived with Mac OS X v10.8 Mountain
Lion."

Digging a bit you should find on Apple's website the level of
compliance of the firmware of your MacPro version.  

Didier


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