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From: covici@ccs.covici.com
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:11:17 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <26355.1315548677@ccs.covici.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110909035005.GA14967@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net>

Moshe Kamensky <moshe.kamensky@googlemail.com> wrote:

> * Moshe Kamensky <moshe.kamensky@googlemail.com> [08/09/11 23:30]:
> > * covici@ccs.covici.com <covici@ccs.covici.com> [08/09/11 23:18]:
> > > Moshe Kamensky <moshe.kamensky@googlemail.com> 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.

-- 
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



  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-09  6:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-09  3:09 [gentoo-user] Gentoo on MacBook Moshe Kamensky
2011-09-09  3:14 ` covici
2011-09-09  3:26   ` [gentoo-user] " Moshe Kamensky
2011-09-09  3:50     ` Moshe Kamensky
2011-09-09  6:11       ` covici [this message]
2011-09-09 11:42         ` Moshe Kamensky
2011-09-09 13:38           ` covici
2011-09-12 12:39             ` Moshe Kamensky
2011-09-09 16:21       ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-09-12 12:38         ` [gentoo-user] " Moshe Kamensky

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