Fedora 11 install on MacBook Pro 5,2 fails

[Henrik Frisk]

Dear all,
I'm having trouble installing Fedora 11 on my brand new MacBook Pro. With
the live CD (x86_64) will computer will not boot stopping at a black screen,
no messages. Booting from the DVD (also x86_64) the installer (anaconda)
starts up, the first screen with the option to check media displays. The
test passes but continuing eventually ends in a freeze with a small pointer
displaying at the middle of the screen.

I would really prefer to run Fedora than OSX on this machine so I'm hoping
someone could help. I read a blogpost saying I should go for the 64bit
version but maybe that's the problem? Or maybe, it's the dual graphics cards
in this machine that confuses the installer (see below)?

Any hints would be helpful and greatly appreciated.

Best,

Henrik

Hardware info:

Model Name: MacBook Pro

  Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,2

  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

  Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz

  Number Of Processors: 1

  Total Number Of Cores: 2

  L2 Cache: 6 MB

  Memory: 4 GB

  Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

  Boot ROM Version: MBP52.008E.B05


*NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:*


  Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

  Type: Display

  Bus: PCI

  VRAM (Total): 256 MB

  Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

  Device ID: 0x0863

  Revision ID: 0x00b1

  ROM Revision: 3436

  gMux Version: 1.7.10

  Displays:

*Color LCD:*

  Resolution: 1920 x 1200

  Depth: 32-Bit Color

  Core Image: Hardware Accelerated

  Main Display: Yes

  Mirror: Off

  Online: Yes

  Quartz Extreme: Supported

  Built-In: Yes


*NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT:*


  Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

  Type: Display

  Bus: PCIe

  PCIe Lane Width: x16

  VRAM (Total): 512 MB

  Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

  Device ID: 0x0647

  Revision ID: 0x00a1

  ROM Revision: 3436

  gMux Version: 1.7.10

  Displays:

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