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Ryan Fantus wrote: |
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> It would be nice to see some of Apple's new intel hardware covered on |
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> an installation LiveCD. The one thing I'm referring to is the |
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> following. I'll just C/P from |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook to show you what I'm |
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> talking about. It's on the newer MacBooks, the ones manufactured |
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> after Nov 2007. There is a networking problem that causes one to have |
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> to install via a Ubuntu livecd, which is definately not a preferred |
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> installation method. It is as follows: |
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> |
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> Only on NEW Macbooks manufactured after Nov 2007 |
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> The newer Models include a Marvell Network Controller that seems to be |
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> not supported by the Kernel. (See lspci section for more info) Goto |
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> [1], download the driver and follow the README to get it working. |
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> Note: Support for the network card has been added in the 2.6.23-R3 |
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> Kernel. Just build 'SysKonnect Yukon2' into the kernel and all is |
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> well. |
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> |
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> It is not possible to install to a MacBook with the Minimal CD, which |
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> would be preferred. Thanks. |
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File a bug requesting that this driver be enabled in the kernel (if the kernel |
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we use it new enough) along with the name of CONFIG_* option for it. |
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Andrew Gaffney http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney/ |
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Gentoo Linux Developer Catalyst/Installer + x86 release coordinator |
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