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 1R1uKD-00032A-0D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:12:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0ED921C151; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 06:12:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0101.smtp25.com (mail0101.smtp25.com [67.228.8.101]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B60A521C02D for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 06:11:22 +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 p896BHdm026356 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 02:11:20 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook In-reply-to: <20110909035005.GA14967@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> Comments: In-reply-to Moshe Kamensky message dated "Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:50:05 -0400." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.3.1 Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:11:17 -0400 Message-ID: <26355.1315548677@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-Filter: y-out0.smtp25.com-p896BLYK028342 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: 5a66ec0977a2c8781feb264b133b0d33 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. -- 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