[CentOS] CentOS 5 Beta on a MacBook Pro
Mailing Lists
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Sun Mar 18 23:39:43 UTC 2007
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!
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