Install Linux on Apple XServe (Intel processor)
Chris Snook
csnook at redhat.com
Thu May 15 02:57:57 UTC 2008
Jonathan Berry wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to install Linux on an Apple XServe and am not getting
> very far. It basically seems to be refusing to boot from the DVD-RW
> install disks I have. I have tried a CentOS 5.1 and a Fedora 8 DVD
> with no success. I also tried a System Rescue Live CD (which is a
> CD-R) and it did not do anything with it either. I did get it to boot
> to an OS X install DVD, so I know it should be able to boot from the
> DVD drive. When I try to get a boot list with the Linux DVDs (holding
> down Alt on bootup), it only lists the main harddrive.
>
> Has anyone ever put (or attempted to put) Linux on an XServe?
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
It's certainly been done on the Intel-based Mac Pro boxes, which have
mostly the same hardware. The EFI firmware apparently has a feature to
emulate a BIOS, so you don't need an EFI-aware bootloader. I suspect
you need to do something in EFI to make this go.
-- Chris
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