[CentOS] CentOS 5 Beta on a MacBook Pro

Sun Mar 18 23:39:43 UTC 2007
Mailing Lists <mlists at microreplay.com>

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!