How can we make F17 be able to boot on Macs (with or without reFit)

[Bastien Nocera]

On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 22:31 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> (Note: *DO NOT* run the installer that is on this image. You'll probably 
> end up with a broken grub. Should be fixed soon)
> 
> I've put a test image up at 
> http://mjg59.fedorapeople.org/Fedora-Mac-EFI-test.iso - this should work 
> if burned to a CD or dded to a USB stick. Insert, hold down alt, select 
> the Fedora logo. Possible outcomes:

I cannot see the Fedora logo at all. I see 2 additional "EFI Boot"
options (I would usually only see "rEFIt" and "Windows", as the firmware
calls my Linux booting through MBR), and both of them take me to a grub
prompt that asks me for a kernel to be loaded.

MacBookAir4,1 (2011 11" one)

Did you have a newer version to test?

> 1) Complete failure. I've fixed all the cases I know of that could cause 
> this, but there may still be possibilities. Please file a bug.
> 2) Boots, but graphics don't work. Please try with nomodeset as a kernel 
> option, then file a bug.
> 3) Success. Hurrah! Do nothing more.

Cheers