From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R21mr-0000b4-Se for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:10:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2ADC621C0B3; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 14:10:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0101.smtp25.com (mail0101.smtp25.com [67.228.8.101]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D7A521C0DA for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 14:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p89DcEg0020107 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 09:38:17 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook In-reply-to: <20110909114205.GA17006@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> References: <20110909030924.GA14438@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> <3270.1315538049@ccs.covici.com> <20110909032652.GA14836@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> <20110909035005.GA14967@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> <26355.1315548677@ccs.covici.com> <20110909114205.GA17006@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> Comments: In-reply-to Moshe Kamensky message dated "Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:42:05 -0400." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.3.1 Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:38:14 -0400 Message-ID: <20104.1315575494@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-Filter: y-out0.smtp25.com-p89E95FE016753 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 533869c09967c7e92d3f80973091d8e1 Moshe Kamensky wrote: > * covici@ccs.covici.com [09/09/11 02:15]: > > Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > > > > * Moshe Kamensky [08/09/11 23:30]: > > > > * covici@ccs.covici.com [08/09/11 23:18]: > > > > > Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi There, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to install Gentoo dual boot on a MacBook Pro (17 inch). I > > > > > > have refit installed, but the problem is that I cannot boot from the CD > > > > > > (the option is not available in the menu). I was wondering if someone > > > > > > knows how to do it. > > > > > > > > > > What happens if you hold the c key when you hear the chime -- keep > > > > > holding for a minute or so and it should boot from the cd. > > > > > > > > > > > > > That helped, thanks! > > > > > > > > > > I was happy to soon... It now boots, but after asking me about keyboard > > > layout, it tries to find the cdrom and fails, with messages like: > > > > > > Looking for CDROM > > > > > > Attempting to mount media /dev/sda1 > > > Attempting to mount media /dev/sda2 > > > Attempting to mount media /dev/sda3 > > > Attempting to mount media /dev/sda4 > > > Media not found > > > Determining root device... > > > Could not find the root block device in . > > > Please specify another value or: press Enter for the same, type "shell > > > for a shell, or "q" to skip > > > > > > (The /dev/sda* are partitions on my HD). > > > > Why not install it as a virtual machine under the OSX? Much easier and > > you can have both working at once and the performance is not bad at all. > > > > I didn't consider it, since I don't really need the OSX, but I might > give it a try. Is there a particular VM you recommend? Vmware fusion is good, and I have heard good things about parallells. Also remember they use a different BIOS on the MAC and this may be part of the problem you are having. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com