FYI, I just installed CentOS 5 beta with the SMP kernel in a VMWare fusion virtual machine on my 2.33 GHz 15 inch MacBook Pro.
The installation was flawless. I installed from an NFS share on my network with the ISO images. The vm booted disc one and recognized my 802.11n wireless connection as eth0. The install took about 30 minutes.
Everything worked fine...
-Joe
centos-bounces@centos.org <> scribbled on Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:49 PM:
: FYI, I just installed CentOS 5 beta with the SMP kernel in a : VMWare fusion virtual machine on my 2.33 GHz 15 inch MacBook Pro. : : The installation was flawless. I installed from an NFS share : on my network with the ISO images. The vm booted disc one : and recognized my 802.11n wireless connection as eth0. The : install took about 30 minutes. : : Everything worked fine... : : -Joe : _______________________________________________ : CentOS mailing list : CentOS@centos.org : http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Assuming you installed the CentOS 5 beta today, would a yum update bring the machine up to a release state when the stable version is released?
Mike
Mike Kercher wrote:
Assuming you installed the CentOS 5 beta today, would a yum update bring the machine up to a release state when the stable version is released?
One of the problems at the moment: The update will die on you when you update under X and SELinux is enabled.
Other stuff is being tested right now.
Ralph
no..you cannot bring betas up to release via yum.
Mike Kercher wrote:
centos-bounces@centos.org <> scribbled on Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:49 PM:
: FYI, I just installed CentOS 5 beta with the SMP kernel in a : VMWare fusion virtual machine on my 2.33 GHz 15 inch MacBook Pro. : : The installation was flawless. I installed from an NFS share : on my network with the ISO images. The vm booted disc one : and recognized my 802.11n wireless connection as eth0. The : install took about 30 minutes. : : Everything worked fine... : : -Joe : _______________________________________________ : CentOS mailing list : CentOS@centos.org : http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Assuming you installed the CentOS 5 beta today, would a yum update bring the machine up to a release state when the stable version is released?
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FYI, Redhat had announced last year a linux distro for Intel based Mac. Hopefully it's not too far off, because wether it is Fusion or Parallels, Linux performance/support is still very limited.
Sébastien
On Mar 18, 2007, at 7:44 PM, William Warren wrote:
no..you cannot bring betas up to release via yum.
Mike Kercher wrote:
centos-bounces@centos.org <> scribbled on Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:49 PM: : FYI, I just installed CentOS 5 beta with the SMP kernel in a : VMWare fusion virtual machine on my 2.33 GHz 15 inch MacBook Pro. : : The installation was flawless. I installed from an NFS share : on my network with the ISO images. The vm booted disc one : and recognized my 802.11n wireless connection as eth0. The : install took about 30 minutes. : : Everything worked fine... : : -Joe : _______________________________________________ : CentOS mailing list : CentOS@centos.org : http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Assuming you installed the CentOS 5 beta today, would a yum update bring the machine up to a release state when the stable version is released? Mike _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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On Sunday 18 March 2007, Mailing Lists wrote:
FYI, I just installed CentOS 5 beta with the SMP kernel in a VMWare fusion virtual machine on my 2.33 GHz 15 inch MacBook Pro.
Can you boot CentOS on a MacBook as the native O/S? (EG: NOT in VMWare or Parallels)
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Benjamin Smith wrote:
On Sunday 18 March 2007, Mailing Lists wrote:
FYI, I just installed CentOS 5 beta with the SMP kernel in a VMWare fusion virtual machine on my 2.33 GHz 15 inch MacBook Pro.
Can you boot CentOS on a MacBook as the native O/S? (EG: NOT in VMWare or Parallels)
Was wondering the same thing. It would be nice to be able to get a fully functioning CentOS laptop that's very small, fast, and full featured.
Cheers,
Good question. Here is what I have done so far:
I ran the beta installer on a 1.83 GHz Core Duo model. The system booted and the installer ran. I did an install with "linux askmethod" from an NFS share with the CentOS 5 isos. I did a default workstation install. The installer ran flawlessly. The graphics displayed correctly and the trackpad worked perfectly. The installer ran. When I rebooted after the install, the system said "Missing operating system" and stopped. I was able to boot disc 1 in rescue mode and mount the new installation in mnt.
I suspect there is some problem with the boot partition. I am trying to install 4.4 now, just for fun. During the install, the installer complained that the drive had a "gbt" partition and would have to be reformatted for CentOS to be installed. I take this as a good sign. If the 4.4 install works, I'll try the 5.0 beta again.
I will report back.
-Joe
On Mar 18, 2007, at 6:17 PM, Benjamin Smith wrote:
On Sunday 18 March 2007, Mailing Lists wrote:
FYI, I just installed CentOS 5 beta with the SMP kernel in a VMWare fusion virtual machine on my 2.33 GHz 15 inch MacBook Pro.
Can you boot CentOS on a MacBook as the native O/S? (EG: NOT in VMWare or Parallels)
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On Mar 18, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Mailing Lists wrote:
Good question. Here is what I have done so far:
I ran the beta installer on a 1.83 GHz Core Duo model. The system booted and the installer ran. I did an install with "linux askmethod" from an NFS share with the CentOS 5 isos. I did a default workstation install. The installer ran flawlessly. The graphics displayed correctly and the trackpad worked perfectly. The installer ran. When I rebooted after the install, the system said "Missing operating system" and stopped. I was able to boot disc 1 in rescue mode and mount the new installation in mnt.
I suspect there is some problem with the boot partition. I am trying to install 4.4 now, just for fun. During the install, the installer complained that the drive had a "gbt" partition and would have to be reformatted for CentOS to be installed. I take this as a good sign. If the 4.4 install works, I'll try the 5.0 beta again.
I will report back.
-Joe
On Mar 18, 2007, at 6:17 PM, Benjamin Smith wrote:
On Sunday 18 March 2007, Mailing Lists wrote:
FYI, I just installed CentOS 5 beta with the SMP kernel in a VMWare fusion virtual machine on my 2.33 GHz 15 inch MacBook Pro.
Can you boot CentOS on a MacBook as the native O/S? (EG: NOT in VMWare or Parallels)
Also, sorry for the top-post!
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Mailing Lists Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 7:38 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 Beta on a MacBook Pro
Good question. Here is what I have done so far:
I ran the beta installer on a 1.83 GHz Core Duo model. The system booted and the installer ran. I did an install with "linux askmethod" from an NFS share with the CentOS 5 isos. I did a default workstation install. The installer ran flawlessly. The graphics displayed correctly and the trackpad worked perfectly. The installer ran. When I rebooted after the install, the system said "Missing operating system" and stopped. I was able to boot disc 1 in rescue mode and mount the new installation in mnt.
I suspect there is some problem with the boot partition. I am trying to install 4.4 now, just for fun. During the install, the installer complained that the drive had a "gbt" partition and would have to be reformatted for CentOS to be installed. I take this as a good sign. If the 4.4 install works, I'll try the 5.0 beta again.
I will report back.
Doesn't the latest version of boot-camp support linux installs?
If you want to totally wipe OS X, then I think you need a version that supports booting via EFI.
-Ross
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On Mar 18, 2007, at 6:17 PM, Benjamin Smith wrote:
On Sunday 18 March 2007, Mailing Lists wrote:
FYI, I just installed CentOS 5 beta with the SMP kernel in a VMWare fusion virtual machine on my 2.33 GHz 15 inch MacBook Pro.
Can you boot CentOS on a MacBook as the native O/S? (EG: NOT in VMWare or Parallels)
Success!
I had to tell the installer to explicitly install Grub on the master boot of the hard drive (under advanced options). The install completed and the system booted normally. The usb ports, keyboard, screen and touchpad all work. The sound card did not work, but I haven't played around with that yet. It also installed the battery charge indicator which worked perfectly. I was able to suspend the system and it even pulsed the light on the latch like it does under the Mac OS, but resuming the system did not wake up the screen.
The things that didn't work are minor -- so I would say CentOS 5 runs pretty well on the Intel Macs.
-Joe
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