Is there a way to install fedora on a Macbook air (as the sole operating system)?
I'm currently using Fedora 11 as the sole OS on a second-gen air; it involved, IIRC, booting with the OS X installation disc and reformatting the drive with the Disk Utility prior to installing Fedora.
I was just sitting down to repeat the process with Fedora 12; but, lo and behold, the Fedora 12 installer craps out with a kernel panic.
"Peter" == Peter Danenberg pcd@roxygen.org writes:
>> Is there a way to install fedora on a Macbook air (as the sole >> operating system)?
Peter> I'm currently using Fedora 11 as the sole OS on a Peter> second-gen air; it involved, IIRC, booting with the OS X Peter> installation disc and reformatting the drive with the Disk Peter> Utility prior to installing Fedora.
Can you sketch the details of this reformatting exercise please?
Peter> I was just sitting down to repeat the process with Fedora Peter> 12; but, lo and behold, the Fedora 12 installer craps out Peter> with a kernel panic.
I have no problems with the F12 installer (other than the resultant installation fails to boot).
Quoth Colin Paul Adams on Sweetmorn, the 54th of The Aftermath:
Can you sketch the details of this reformatting exercise please?
I'm not sure if the formatting is, strictly speaking, necessary; but here's how I got Fedora 12 installed on the second-gen Air:
1. Used the Disk Utility on the OS X Install DVD to erase all the partitions; see, e.g.:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html
for details.
2. Installed Fedora 12 with the following boot parameters:
intel_iommu=off vga=771
I find it interesting that it worked for you out of the box; with a first-gen Air, I was forced to use:
xdriver=vesa acpi=off
3. At this point, you should have a successful installation which fails to boot; if so, boot from a rEFIt[1] CD and run gptsync from the Partitioning Tool.
It's possible that only step 3 is applicable to you, if indeed you have a successful installation.
Footnotes: [1] http://refit.sourceforge.net/
"Peter" == Peter Danenberg pcd@roxygen.org writes:
Peter> Quoth Colin Paul Adams on Sweetmorn, the 54th of The Peter> Aftermath: >> Can you sketch the details of this reformatting exercise >> please?
Peter> I'm not sure if the formatting is, strictly speaking, Peter> necessary; but here's how I got Fedora 12 installed on the Peter> second-gen Air:
Peter> 1. Used the Disk Utility on the OS X Install DVD to erase Peter> all the partitions; see, e.g.:
Peter> http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html
Peter> for details.
Peter> 2. Installed Fedora 12 with the following boot Peter> parameters:
Peter> intel_iommu=off vga=771
Peter> I find it interesting that it worked for you out of Peter> the box; with a first-gen Air, I was forced to use:
Peter> xdriver=vesa acpi=off
Peter> 3. At this point, you should have a successful Peter> installation which fails to boot; if so, boot from a Peter> rEFIt[1] CD and run gptsync from the Partitioning Tool.
Peter> It's possible that only step 3 is applicable to you, if Peter> indeed you have a successful installation.
I tried step 3 alone and it works! Thank you for your time.
Peter> Footnotes: [1] http://refit.sourceforge.net/
Quoth Colin Paul Adams on Boomtime, the 55th of The Aftermath:
I tried step 3 alone and it works!
That's great news, Colin; installation is the easy part, unfortunately.
Here's some things I haven't gotten working yet:
* wireless; * sound.
If you make any progress there, please let us know.