On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Philip Manuel <phil at zomojo.com> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wes James" <comptekki at gmail.com> > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Saturday, 23 November, 2013 12:03:15 PM > Subject: [CentOS] Finally.... CentOS on iMac core 2 > > I've been trying several combinations of OSX, CentOS to try and get CentOS > installed on an old iMac. I finally first installed OS X, then installed > CentOS in the open space after OS X. With refit installed and selecting > CentOS, it starts booting but get a screen that a boot device can't e > found. So I then install Xubuntu with the option to replace OS X. After > Xbuntu is installed and then do a reboot the grub screen comes up and I can > now select CentOS and it will boot. > > Can someone explain why this is? I can't just install CentOS on the whole > disk, as I get the blinking mac disk with question mark. > > Thanks, > > -wes > > > this is due I believe due to the partitioning scheme of the iMac, using > GPT, and as grub does not support GPT partitions. you have to use grub2. > Hence, why xubuntu works. > > Oh. OK. I didn't realize CentOS wasn't using grub2. Are there any plans for CentOS to move to grub2? Thanks, -wes