Guide : Fedora 12 on MacBook Pro 5,5 Triple Boot

[vimunix]

http://www.aei.mpg.de/~pau/Triple_Boot_MaBook_Pro.html

Comments welcome

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[axet]

is it ati or nvidia?

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and please tell me more about "conf.list"

[vimunix]

a "c" fixed

http://www.aei.mpg.de/~pau/Triple_Boot_MacBook_Pro.html

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how to tell? linux dmesg is a mess ...

sorry, I don't know my way in linux... in OpenBSD I would simply look at dmesg... I don't want to reboot now

And...

gumby(pts/2)| dmesg| wc -l     
2138

2138 lines of dmesg? Must be a (bad) joke

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forgot to say that of course I greped for ati and nvidia and graphic* and found nothing in dmesg...

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I am curious... has anybody got the sound to work?

I don't see how to fix that one....

[axet]

just from the box: MacBook 2,1

[vimunix]

I seem to have fixed it partially now... page has been updated

[84matte84]

I followed the tutorial of "trial boot ..." but i still can't boot fedora...I parted the disk both from anaconda and mac osx disk-utility, i have installed grub in the / partition and not in the MBR, i have fixed the partition table with refit and shutdown the pc from refit utility but i still can't boot fedora.
I have a blank black screen with the string "GRUB GRUB" and a blinking cursor and nothings happen....

please help me....

thank you

[axet]

seems you move partition after fedora was installed.

try to reinstall or boot your mac from cd/usb linux and fix grub installer by:

grub-install /dev/sda3

[84matte84]

i'll try and post here the result....thank u for the rapid answer...

[84matte84]

your solutiond does not work for me....i have the following error....please help me....

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 26 204819+ ee GPT
/dev/sda2 26 9736 77993928 af HFS / HFS+
/dev/sda3 * 9752 29878 161659904 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 29878 30402 4207616 c0 Unknown

Disk /dev/dm-0: 3221 MB, 3221225472 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 391 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-1: 3221 MB, 3221225472 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 391 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
[root@localhost ~]# grub-install /dev/sda3
The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly.
[root@localhost ~]#

[axet]

try

gptsync /dev/sda
grub-install --recheck /dev/sda3

[84matte84]

it still doesn't work

[root@localhost ~]# gptsync /dev/sda

Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 156397495 Mac OS X HFS+
3 156659712 479979519 EFI System (FAT)
4 479981496 488396727 MS Reserved

Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 156397495 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 * 156659712 479979519 83 Linux
4 479981496 488396727 c0 Unknown

Status: Tables are synchronized, no need to sync.

[root@localhost ~]# grub-install --recheck /dev/sda3
grep: /boot/grub/device.map: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/boot/grub/device.map': No such file or directory
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly.

[axet]

i had this problem, but i don't remember how do i fix it. try this:

sudo grub
root (hd0,2)
setup (hd0,2)
quit

[84matte84]

the command worked ok....but after reboot i have the same error:

"GRUB _ "

and nothing start!!!!!

;(

[axet]

hmmm.

sudo dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin /dev/sda

[84matte84]

[root@localhost ~]# dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
440 bytes (440 B) copied, 2.17644 s, 0.2 kB/s
[root@localhost ~]#


then...???