[CentOS] Installation on a Macbook Pro with nVidia MCP89 SATA controller

Peter Hopfgartner peter.hopfgartner at r3-gis.com
Tue Dec 27 14:30:51 UTC 2011


On 12/27/2011 03:05 PM, B.J. McClure wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 15:00 +0100, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>> On 12/27/2011 02:10 PM, B.J. McClure wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 09:30 +0100, Peter Hopfgartner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did anybody succeed in installing CentOS on a MacBook Pro with nVidia
>>>> chipset (2010 edition,
>>>> http://www.heise.de/mac-and-i/produkte/macbook-13-2-4-ghz-mitte-2010-86/#produkt_detail)?
>>>> When I boot with the current minimal install disk, Linux does simply see
>>>> non disks.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>> I tried CentOS 6.0 and 6.1 on Mac-Air with SSD.  Installer could not
>>> find SSD and Google did not help.  FWIW, Ubuntu installed fine.  If you
>>> find the solution please post.  All other machines in our shop are
>>> CentOS 5.x, 6.x or RHEL 6.x, so commonality would be perfect.
>>>
>>> Sorry I could not help.
>>>
>>> B.J.
>>>
>>> CentOS release 6.2 (Final)
>>>
>> It is not clear if either of you tried CentOS 6.2, or just 6.0 and 6.2.
> Errr, maybe a re-read is in order?
>
>> I tried CentOS 6.0 and 6.1 on Mac-Air with SSD.
>>
> B.J.
>
> CentOS release 6.2 (Final)
>
>
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I've tried 6.1 and 6.2.
The entry in the kernel bugzilla should be (does not open, for me): 
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15923
In the Fedora Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6080340
I guess, it all comes down to Red Hat including this patch or not.

Regards,

Peter
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