Can't install Fedora 14 on MacBook Air

Colin Paul Adams colin at colina.demon.co.uk
Thu Nov 4 11:16:50 UTC 2010


>>>>> "M" == M A Young <m.a.young at durham.ac.uk> 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.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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