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* Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> [16/09/11 13:21]: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > I don't have a Macbook Air, but I have two iMac desktops and one macbook |
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> > pro laptop. The two imacs run Gentoo without any problems. I installed |
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> > refit to switch between Gentoo and osx. |
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> > |
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> > For the laptop, I had trouble booting from the installation cd. A few |
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> > days ago someone on this list suggested that I run Gentoo within a |
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> > virtual machine running on osx. This turned out to be a very good |
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> > solution, since it is very easy and works perfectly (I do have a small |
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> > network problem, but not serious), and allows me to use the Mac software |
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> > as well. I use virtualbox for the VM software. |
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> > |
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> > Best, |
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> > Moshe |
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> |
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> Thanks Moshe. Maybe the best thing for me to do is just install |
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> Gentoo on the thing and see what happens. Restoring OSX should be |
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> easy with the included USB key. I think that's the best way to figure |
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> out if there are any quirks. Just follow the regular install method, |
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> right? |
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> |
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Yes, except you should install refit (http://refit.sf.net) first. refit |
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is a boot loader for mac. Maybe there is a way to avoid it, but |
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installing refit is very easy, and I had no problems with it. Also, I |
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was planning in advance to make the computers dual boot, so I |
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partitioned accordingly. If you have just one partition, I think it is |
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best to re-partition using osx. |
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Best, |
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Moshe |
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