<p>Thanks for all your testing! It certainly seems like Fedora has quite a way to go before it is possible to install on "clean" macs.....</p>
<p>Have you done any testing using refit, or is this all with vanilla apple efi?<br>
On Mar 13, 2012 10:06 AM, "Chris Murphy" <<a href="mailto:lists@colorremedies.com">lists@colorremedies.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Feb 28, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Yes. I'm mostly working on the netinst isos, and right now if you take<br>
> > that and dd it onto a USB stick, then insert that and hold down alt on<br>
> > boot, you'll get a Mac install. Unfortunately, alpha ended up getting<br>
> > built with a grub that dies on any Macs that don't have built-in<br>
> > ethernet, so you may have some problems with that. The alpha kernel also<br>
> > has a bug that seems to trigger on Macs that results in incredible<br>
> > slowness. But other than that! Fixed kernel is in the archive now, and<br>
> > I've just commited a fix for the grub bug.<br>
><br>
> Fedora-17-Beta-TC1-x86_64-netinst.iso. I'm getting the same problems as with alpha ISO.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Burned to DVD<br>
> ------------------<br>
> Macbook Pro 4,1 (2008)<br>
> Four additional CD/DVD icon options labeled as: Windows, EFI Boot, EFI Boot, EFI Boot<br>
> *2nd EFI Boot option has a custom Fedora logo icon, not generic CD/DVD icon.<br>
><br>
> Windows=Boots CSM/BIOS mode successfully<br>
> EFI Boot= Grub prompt, no menu<br>
> *EFI Boot= Grub prompt, no menu<br>
> EFI Boot= Boots Mac OS X<br>
><br>
><br>
> Macbook Pro 8,2 (2011)<br>
> Three additional CD/DVD icon options labeled as: Windows, EFI Boot, EFI Boot<br>
> *2nd EFI Boot option has a custom Fedora logo icon, not generic CD/DVD icon.<br>
><br>
> Windows=Boots CSM/BIOS mode successfully<br>
> EFI Boot= Grub prompt, no menu<br>
> *EFI Boot= Grub prompt, no menu<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> dd to USB stick<br>
> ------------------<br>
> Macbook Pro 4,1 (2008)<br>
> Three additional USB icon options labeled as: EFI Boot, EFI Boot, EFI Boot<br>
> *2nd icon is a custom Fedora logo icon, not generic USB icon.<br>
><br>
> EFI Boot= Grub menu, loads from stick for ~45 seconds then reboots machine<br>
> *EFI Boot= Grub prompt, no menu<br>
> EFI Boot= Grub menu, loads from stick for ~45 seconds then reboots machine<br>
><br>
><br>
> Macbook Pro 8,2 (2011)<br>
> Three additional CD/DVD icon options labeled as: EFI Boot, EFI Boot, EFI Boot<br>
> *2nd icon is a custom Fedora logo icon, not generic USB icon.<br>
><br>
> EFI Boot= Grub menu, loads from stick for ~6 seconds, then beeping, must force shutdown.<br>
> *EFI Boot= Grub prompt, no menu<br>
> EFI Boot= Grub menu, loads from stick for ~6 seconds, then beeping, must force shutdown.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Further, upon completion of CSM-BIOS installation, Fedora isn't bootable by default because a hybrid MBR hasn't been created, requiring manual post install work to make it bootable. Same situation as F16.<br>
> <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746901">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746901</a><br>
><br>
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> Chris Murphy<br>
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