On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Henrik Frisk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frisk.h@gmail.com" target="_blank">frisk.h@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I've managed to install Fedora 11 on my MacBook Pro. I want a dual boot setup so I have a partition for the OSX, made smaller in order for the Fedora install to fit. For the partioning I followed the instructions found here:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cenolan.com/2009/06/installing-fedora-11-on-a-macbook/" target="_blank">http://www.cenolan.com/2009/06/installing-fedora-11-on-a-macbook/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Though the installer finished without complaints I can't boot from the newly installed system. I'm using <span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:12px">rEFIt-0.13 to choose boot partition and it recognizes the Fedora 11 install but once chosen I end up with a prompt telling me there is "no bootable device - insert bootable disk and press any key."</span></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">Any suggestions would be appreciated.</span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">best,</span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><font color="#888888"><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">Henrik</span></font></div>
</font></blockquote></div>Sorry, should have included more hardware info:<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Model Name:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>MacBook Pro</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Model Identifier:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>MacBookPro5,2</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Processor Name:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Intel Core 2 Duo</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Processor Speed:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>3.06 GHz</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Number Of Processors:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>1</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Total Number Of Cores:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>2</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
L2 Cache:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>6 MB</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Memory:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>4 GB</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Bus Speed:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>1.07 GHz</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Boot ROM Version:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>MBP52.008E.B05</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 141.9px; text-indent: -141.9px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
<b>NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Chipset Model:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>NVIDIA GeForce 9400M</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Type:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Display</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Bus:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>PCI</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
VRAM (Total):<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>256 MB</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Vendor:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>NVIDIA (0x10de)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Device ID:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>0x0863</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Revision ID:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>0x00b1</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
ROM Revision:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>3436</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
gMux Version:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>1.7.10</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 94.8px; text-indent: -94.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Displays:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><b>Color LCD:</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Resolution:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>1920 x 1200</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Depth:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>32-Bit Color</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Core Image:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Hardware Accelerated</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Main Display:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Yes</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Mirror:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Off</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Online:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Yes</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Quartz Extreme:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Supported</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Built-In:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Yes</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 122.1px; text-indent: -102.2px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
<b>NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT:</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Chipset Model:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Type:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Display</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Bus:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>PCIe</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
PCIe Lane Width:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>x16</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
VRAM (Total):<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>512 MB</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Vendor:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>NVIDIA (0x10de)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Device ID:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>0x0647</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Revision ID:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>0x00a1</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
ROM Revision:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>3436</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
gMux Version:<span style="white-space: pre; "> </span>1.7.10</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
Displays:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 103.7px; text-indent: -103.8px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">
These are the partitions, the first two are for OSX:</p></span><div><br></div><div><div>Current GPT partition table:</div><div> # Start LBA End LBA Type</div><div> 1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)</div>
<div> 2 409640 488198167 Mac OS X HFS+</div><div> 3 488198168 488607767 EFI System (FAT)</div><div> 4 488607768 972550167 Basic Data</div><div> 5 972550168 976771095 Basic Data</div>
<div><br></div><div>Current MBR partition table:</div><div> # A Start LBA End LBA Type</div><div> 1 1 976773167 ee EFI Protective</div><div><br></div><div>MBR contents:</div><div> Boot Code: None</div>
<div><br></div><div>Partition at LBA 40:</div><div> Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)</div><div> File System: FAT32</div><div> Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)</div><div><br></div><div>Partition at LBA 409640:</div>
<div> Boot Code: None</div><div> File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)</div><div> Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+</div><div><br></div><div>Partition at LBA 488198168:</div><div> Boot Code: GRUB</div><div> File System: ext3</div>
<div> Listed in GPT as partition 3, type EFI System (FAT)</div><div><br></div><div>Partition at LBA 488607768:</div><div> Boot Code: None</div><div> File System: ext3</div><div> Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Basic Data</div>
<div><br></div><div>Partition at LBA 972550168:</div><div> Boot Code: None</div><div> File System: Unknown</div><div> Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Basic Data</div><div><br></div></div>
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