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Am Tue, 20 Aug 2013 23:24:36 -0700 |
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schrieb Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz>: |
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> Re , Marc Joliet said: |
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> > Now since I am productive with it, I wanted to install Gentoo on it |
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> > but have thus far failed. So here are my overall goals: |
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> > - install Gentoo |
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> > - ideally ditch OS X |
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> > - boot using EFI instead of in BIOS compatibility mode (e.g., I read |
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> > that this |
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> I had Gentoo on a Macbook before. I used rEFInd to do it, but recent |
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> kernels with proper EFI configuration should also work. But no |
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> guarantees... |
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> Also, it's not enough to just say "MacBook". There are several |
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> sub-models of that with different chipsets, GPU, etc. I had it working |
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> with Intel chipset and even ran compiz on it. |
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You're right, but at least I explicitly left out the "Pro" (it's *not* an MBP) |
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and limited it to 2007 ;) . But to answer your question: "dmidecode -s |
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system-product-name" says it's a "MacBook4,1". The Ubuntu wiki has a site on |
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it: |
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook4-1/Natty#Basic_Installation_Instructions, |
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but they don't touch pure EFI installation (they just mention that it's |
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hypothetically possible in the referenced basic MacTel installation |
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instructions). If I knew it was a lost cause with this model, I wouldn't be |
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trying it, so some form of assurance would be great, if somebody knows more. |
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I know that BIOS compatibility mode should work in combination with rEFInd, as |
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I managed to install Ubuntu on an (almost) identical model my brother has. |
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Also: I believe I know that the EFI of this model is 32 bit, so when I |
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installed GRUB2 I also tried installing it in 32 bit mode (note: I tried both, |
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both with efibootmgr and bless, to no success, but maybe I tried wrong?). |
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BTW, I just want to emphasize again that the Mac OS X 10.7 installer has yet to |
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succeed, after at least a dozen attempts (half of the time it doesn't even |
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find/show the SSD, while Linux *always* finds it, so I don't think it's the |
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hardware). So maybe this Macbook is just broken; I already know that the |
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battery is (hell, wouldn't it be great if *that's* why OS X is failing). |
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If nobody finds a solution just by thinking about it ;) , I can show some |
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details of the installation ("efibootmgr -v" and "gdisk -l" output, contents of |
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the ESP, etc.), if it helps narrowing the issue down. In fact, when I take a |
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break from working later I'll do just that. |
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Thanks for the responses so far! |
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Marc Joliet |
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"People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we |
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don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup |
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