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 1R1zUy-0002Lh-Dk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:43:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A6F821C1B3; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:43:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm3-vm0.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm3-vm0.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.44.108]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2065721C136 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:42:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.44.101] by nm3.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Sep 2011 11:42:10 -0000 Received: from [98.139.44.86] by tm6.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Sep 2011 11:42:10 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1023.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Sep 2011 11:42:10 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 322291.22809.bm@omp1023.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 78873 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2011 11:42:09 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1315568529; bh=4j1DwE2VHIV6L5+2pXpXXDj0u8M8UoQZ+g/vbAgvDfg=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:X-Accept-Language:X-Location:X-Editor:User-Agent; b=X0dXDwrMxtXmX5/PXsu8xn6WAmFypInQ0C7/zgr+dugzwYjLHzd4F5j2HLcM8YfRGNGufefIZJuei4ARnE0WEQOEikquboSOLDIHI1u4lYVgsD/Dlb6NIvEaYlwqQwk1Og7Tpb3WqzXndOlFevaF7R3LneLT7uSfYeWlKw5bQcU= X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: TaDgD3UVM1meR4nTYDQFQ7UD5MDW3v3ArOXUmMDMXKjtYhu qk3lLWpRwZ.icHfCqQeeZGsmjcseBPoEXmVtvox1qqBnhs6YHQz03u6o1BZ8 GFTyJSspo9ijDMVoQ0eemSElZXaIa5bpm9lPWzdu0.0Gbnsrv6YyVH6jhzDz wmkWN51u6uApvnrYeQAz6iuyhVoUyr2At.k5yBzO_b3qJlD_NaVRVtik7r5l hArIIgBBcGIl8nc25VhJRZzhTrU4CrUWczhX_s5k0ynMtmaQ6305LFX9GtqL 3UENzsZFz4zLADOz_wXawbTF6rglb2tCW3ZwwcfYNQy9FuXTRUDSmJb3sPNf aEpT0YEczICw0e36Q3.wbwVrqigPdoQGXfjeazLdL1pK4mM2B_SDwk6YVyA- - X-Yahoo-SMTP: nxzSBJ.swBCeKcwaLWu8IUIIlnHZADXvvXNo91gCqw-- Received: from gaspode (moshe.kamensky@70.227.162.194 with login) by smtp104.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 09 Sep 2011 04:42:09 -0700 PDT Received: by gaspode (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9CD3A3781F2; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 07:42:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 07:42:05 -0400 From: Moshe Kamensky To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook Message-ID: <20110909114205.GA17006@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org 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> 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <26355.1315548677@ccs.covici.com> X-Accept-Language: en X-Location: Granger, Indiana, USA X-Editor: Vim 7.3 http://vim.sf.net/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 5edf27f5a51dd20da836c63d5b70bfdc * 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? Thanks, Moshe