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1. #BOOTING LINUX MAC OS X 2EFI DRIVERS#
2. #BOOTING LINUX MAC OS X 2EFI FREE#

GRUB 2's grub> prompt is cryptic, but useful to an expert.Ĭonditions in which GRUB 2 may not be the best choice include: You want a boot loader that can provide diagnostic help in the event of a boot problem.You want or need to use Secure Boot-most distributions that support Secure Boot do so through a combination of Shim and GRUB 2.You need a boot loader that can load certain non-Linux kernels directly GRUB can boot macOS, Mach, BSD, and some other kernels directly.

#BOOTING LINUX MAC OS X 2EFI DRIVERS#

You cannot mount the ESP at /boot-GRUB 2 includes filesystem drivers that enable it to load a kernel from every common Linux filesystem.You need to chainload to another EFI-mode OS.This means that if you have installed additional distributions, or non-Linux OSes, GRUB 2 will not automatically adjust for them.) (Note, however, that GRUB 2 does this through scripts in the installation OS. You want a boot loader that adjusts automatically to new kernel installations.Your distribution installed GRUB 2 as the default boot manager, and it's working well enough that you want to keep it.You use GRUB 2 in other environments (on a BIOS-based computer, for instance) and so are familiar with it.Overall, conditions when you might want to consider using GRUB 2 include: Referenced on that site is more Ubuntu-specific and provides less help on Provides in-depth low-level configuration details. Note that the first link is to older documentation that UEFIBooting page (despite its hosting on an Ubuntu site, it applies toĪll distributions) or the official GRUB 2ĭocumentation. Therefore, if you have problems with GRUBĢ, I strongly recommend that you locate additional documentation, such as Note: GRUB 2 is by far the most complex boot Now discontinued) version of the boot loader. The previous page, Using GRUB Legacy, describes the previous (and Is the current version of the boot loader. If a Web search has brought you to this page, you This page is part of my Managing EFI Boot Loadersįor Linux document. Small donation to help keep this site up and running. If you find this Web page useful, please consider making a Outside ads however, I did take time to prepare it, and Web hosting doesĬost money.

#BOOTING LINUX MAC OS X 2EFI FREE#

This Web page is provided free of charge and with no annoying Managing EFI Boot Loaders for Linux: Using GRUB 2 Managing EFI Boot Loaders for Linux: Using GRUBĢ by Rod Smith, written: last update: