GRUB hangs on Mac Install

[Zach]

Still a bug in 7.04:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/95439

On 4/2/07, thephotoman <rantman_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Wade Smart wrote:
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> > My client has a new iMac with intel core 2 duo with 1gb ram and 230gb
> > hd. After bragging about how great Ubuntu is he tried to install it on
> > his system. He gets most of the way through install but then when it
> > comes to booting it throws this message:
> > GRUB loading stage 1.5
> > GRUB loading, please wait...
> >
> >
> > and never gets beyond this. He said he left it for about three hours
> > thinking it would just get through whatever it was doing - but
> > apparently not. Any suggestions?
> >
> > wade
> >
> >
>
> As I read that you're using 6.06 LTS, this problem is quite well known.
>  I got a MacBook around the final testing stages of 6.06 myself and
> noticed this problem. In fact, Edgy isn't much better.
>
> The problem is actually rather interesting.  When Apple switched to
> Intel x86/EMT64 (also known as AMD64 and x64), they didn't take the old
> BIOS system.  Instead, they used the EFI system, which was designed with
> the IA-64 series in mind, though PA-RISC also adopted it.  Aside from
> Apple, nobody else uses EFI on x86-style platforms, including x86-64
> (which is what you're using).  Porting the proper utilities to handle
> these compatibility issues was a major undertaking, and the fixes in
> GRUB (Ubuntu's boot loader of choice) are still in (at best) the beta
> stage.
>
> Many hacks were published about syncing the partition tables using rEFIt
> and loading up LiLo on Intel Macs.  However, the process is, even with a
> howto, very hard to actually do.
>
> Your best bet is to wait until the end of the month for Feisty to come
> out.  It should be much easier to install on Intel Macs.  Personally, I
> installed a Parallels session on my MacBook, though if you want to use
> the free virtualizer Q (based on QEMU), that should work fine as well.
> Honestly, both solutions allow for far more interoperability between
> your Linux sessions and your OS X sessions.  Furthermore, it's a lot
> easier to open a virtual machine than it is to dual boot.
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