Can't install Fedora 14 on MacBook Air

[Colin Paul Adams]

The initial installation menu comes up ok. I select the default option
(install or upgrade). A lot of messages flash by (about two screens
worth), and then i see something like:

running /sbin/loader
check hardware
waiting for hardware

then it clears the screen, and the DVD drive runs for several minutes
before eventually stopping. I never see anything else except the blank
screen.

Any suggestions?
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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[Colin Paul Adams]

> >>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams
> <colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk&gt; writes: 
> >>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams
> <colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk&gt; writes: 
>>>>> "Chris" ==
Chris Smart <mail(a)christophersmart.com&gt; writes:
    Chris> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Colin Paul Adams
    Chris> <colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk&gt; wrote:
> >>> 
>  Any suggestions? 
    Chris> Probably a poor suggestion, but have you tried the
    Chris> efidisk.img installer? I'm not sure if it does some extra
    Chris> hardware stuff at boot (because there's no BIOS), but it
    Chris> definitely does at the end. Anyway, it might help. I've had
    Chris> good luck with it on Macs.

    Colin> How does one try it?

    Colin> I've just re-booted after completing the installation, and
    Colin> I've got the flashing folder with ? problem again. I must
    Colin> search the archives to remember how to fix this -

    Colin> It wasn't on this list at all.

    Colin> It was here (for any others trying the same thing):

    Colin> http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg59986.html

I'm SO stupid! I even blogged about it for future reference:

http://colina.demon.co.uk/?q=node/879

Let's see if I can get wifi working now (it's been broken since
September, and I'm hpoing a new install will sort out the problems).
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[Colin Paul Adams]

> >>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams
> <colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk&gt; writes: 
> >>>> "Chris" == Chris Smart
> <mail(a)christophersmart.com&gt; writes: 
    Chris> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:40
AM, Colin Paul Adams
    Chris> <colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk&gt; wrote:
> >> 
>  Any suggestions? 
    Chris> Probably a poor suggestion, but have you tried the
    Chris> efidisk.img installer? I'm not sure if it does some extra
    Chris> hardware stuff at boot (because there's no BIOS), but it
    Chris> definitely does at the end. Anyway, it might help. I've had
    Chris> good luck with it on Macs.

    Colin> How does one try it?

    Colin> I've just re-booted after completing the installation, and
    Colin> I've got the flashing folder with ? problem again. I must
    Colin> search the archives to remember how to fix this -

It wasn't on this list at all.

It was here (for any others trying the same thing):

http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg59986.html
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[Colin Paul Adams]

> >>>> "Chris" == Chris Smart
> <mail(a)christophersmart.com&gt; writes: 
    Chris> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Colin Paul Adams
    Chris> <colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk&gt; wrote:
> > 
>  Any suggestions? 
    Chris> Probably a poor suggestion, but have you tried the
    Chris> efidisk.img installer? I'm not sure if it does some extra
    Chris> hardware stuff at boot (because there's no BIOS), but it
    Chris> definitely does at the end. Anyway, it might help. I've had
    Chris> good luck with it on Macs.

How does one try it?

I've just re-booted after completing the installation, and I've got the
flashing folder with ? problem again. I must search the archives to
remember how to fix this - I think it was you who told me how.
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[Chris Smart]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Colin Paul Adams
<colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk&gt; wrote:
>  Any suggestions? 
Probably a poor suggestion, but have you tried the efidisk.img
installer? I'm not sure if it does some extra hardware stuff at boot
(because there's no BIOS), but it definitely does at the end. Anyway,
it might help. I've had good luck with it on Macs.

-c

[Colin Paul Adams]

> >>>> "M" == M A Young
> <m.a.young(a)durham.ac.uk&gt; writes: 
    M> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> > The initial installation menu comes up ok. I select the default
> > option (install or upgrade). A lot of messages flash by (about
> > two screens worth), and then i see something like:
> > 
> > running /sbin/loader check hardware waiting for hardware
> > 
> > then it clears the screen, and the DVD drive runs for several
> > minutes before eventually stopping. I never see anything else
> > except the blank screen. 
    M> I had the blank screen problem when trying to upgarde , and ended
    M> up feeding the boot line various options like nofb nomodeset and
    M> text though I don't know how much help they were. It worked some
    M> of the time, possibly not related to the options I was trying (I
    M> had a few attempts due to other reasons), and I did eventually
    M> get the upgrade to work but it might have been luck.

None of these worked, nor the suggestion of using acpi=off.

However the option of installing with basic video driver is working (no
graphical install). I'll see how it goes. I don't want to try the live
CD suggestion unless all else fails.

Thanks everyone for your help.
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[mgt]

You can try with acpi=off option at boot screen.

Cheers!

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Colin Paul Adams
<colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk&gt;wrote:

>  The initial installation menu comes up ok. I select the default
> option
>  (install or upgrade). A lot of messages flash by (about two screens
>  worth), and then i see something like:
>
>  running /sbin/loader
>  check hardware
>  waiting for hardware
>
>  then it clears the screen, and the DVD drive runs for several minutes
>  before eventually stopping. I never see anything else except the blank
>  screen.
>
>  Any suggestions?
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[Manuel Escudero]

2010/11/3 M A Young <m.a.young(a)durham.ac.uk&gt;

>  On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
>
>  > The initial installation menu comes up ok. I select the default option
>  > (install or upgrade). A lot of messages flash by (about two screens
>  > worth), and then i see something like:
>  >
>  > running /sbin/loader
>  > check hardware
>  > waiting for hardware
>  >
>  > then it clears the screen, and the DVD drive runs for several minutes
>  > before eventually stopping. I never see anything else except the blank
>  > screen.
>
>  I had the blank screen problem when trying to upgarde , and ended up
>  feeding the boot line various options like nofb nomodeset and text though
>  I don't know how much help they were. It worked some of the time, possibly
>  not related to the options I was trying (I had a few attempts due to other
>  reasons), and I did eventually get the upgrade to work but it might have
>  been luck.
>
>  It might be worth starting with
>
>  http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Installation_Guide/ch0...
>  which I was trying to follow but I was doing it from memory and I think
>  with hindsight I was scrambling some of the options.
>
>         Michael Young
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Try with the LiveCD's :)
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[M A Young]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Colin Paul Adams wrote:

>  The initial installation menu comes up ok. I select the default
> option
>  (install or upgrade). A lot of messages flash by (about two screens
>  worth), and then i see something like:
>
>  running /sbin/loader
>  check hardware
>  waiting for hardware
>
>  then it clears the screen, and the DVD drive runs for several minutes
>  before eventually stopping. I never see anything else except the blank
>  screen. 
I had the blank screen problem when trying to upgarde , and ended up 
feeding the boot line various options like nofb nomodeset and text though 
I don't know how much help they were. It worked some of the time, possibly 
not related to the options I was trying (I had a few attempts due to other 
reasons), and I did eventually get the upgrade to work but it might have 
been luck.

It might be worth starting with 
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Installation_Guide/ch0...
which I was trying to follow but I was doing it from memory and I think 
with hindsight I was scrambling some of the options.

 	Michael Young