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 1R23rv-0007Lx-6O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:23:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BBE5321C152; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:23:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5DBC21C0C3 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:22:00 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,503,1309734000"; d="scan'208";a="802915235" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 09 Sep 2011 17:21:59 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [192.168.1.102]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2969AA421 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:20:23 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on MacBook From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <20110909035005.GA14967@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:21:57 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20110909030924.GA14438@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> <3270.1315538049@ccs.covici.com> <20110909032652.GA14836@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> <20110909035005.GA14967@gaspode.gateway.2wire.net> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 381f7657d053d07fbc5d621a6be5d46d On 9 September 2011, at 04:50, Moshe Kamensky wrote: > ... > I was happy to soon... It now boots, but after asking me about = keyboard=20 > layout, it tries to find the cdrom and fails, with messages like: >=20 > Looking for CDROM >=20 > 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=20= > for a shell, or "q" to skip >=20 > (The /dev/sda* are partitions on my HD). What CD are you trying to boot? I would try different LiveCDs until you = find one that works. The Gentoo wiki suggests that an older version of the Gentoo Minimal CD = might work (2008.0 or earlier), otherwise try SystemRescueCD, Knoppix, = Ubuntu and others. I appreciate that Google may not easily distinguish between 8 or 12 = completely different hardware configurations all called "macbook", but = the information is out there. http://www.google.com/search?q=3Dgentoo%20install%20macbook%20pro If yours is a newish model then click on the "more search tools" link on = the left hand side and choose "past year". This discusses booting a MacBoo Pro in some detail: = http://myhumblecorner.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/gentoo-and-a-little-ubuntu-= on-a-macbook-pro-53/ It probably won't be your model, but it's worth checking. When installing Gentoo the important thing is getting booted from LiveCD = to a command prompt. If you can achieve that then you know that you can = surely install Gentoo, because from then onwards you're only unpacking a = tarball and setting up a bootloader.=20 Stroller.