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!