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

[Andreas Tunek]

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.....

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