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

[Chris Murphy]

On Apr 27, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> So, long story short - we'll be very interested in reports of
> success/failure with TC2 (which should show up tonight or tomorrow)


DVD ISO burned to DVD-RW media: Boots EFI mode, with nouveau, with X, just fine off media as the LiveCD cases I mention below. However, at the end of the installation I get an error "There was an error installing the bootloader. The system may not be bootable." System is in fact not bootable. Filed a bug with anaconda logs:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817225


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LiveCD. Holy crap the whole thing works. EFI boot and install. Works. Macbook Pro 4,1 (2008).
LiveCD ISO burned to DVD-RW media = boots, installs, reboots.
LiveCD ISO dd'd to USB stick = boots, installs, reboots.


Question 1:
Is this bug fixed?! Nouveau is working for the first time ever with EFI booting on this hardware.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751147


Question 2:
Most Mac users will boot CD/DVD media with a 'c' key. Should it be documented somewhere to boot with the option key at the startup chime? Previously, 'c' key would get me a working CSM boot, but that is no longer the case with at least DVD TC2, I get a flashing white cursor (I understand this is not expected to work, hence wondering if it's worth mentioning somewhere.)

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Next testing MBP8,2. And then dual boot once 10.7.x is done installing on the MBP4,1.