Am Tue, 20 Aug 2013 23:24:36 -0700 schrieb Keith Dart <ke...@dartworks.biz>:
> Re , Marc Joliet said: > > Now since I am productive with it, I wanted to install Gentoo on it > > but have thus far failed. So here are my overall goals: > > > > - install Gentoo > > - ideally ditch OS X > > - boot using EFI instead of in BIOS compatibility mode (e.g., I read > > that this > > I had Gentoo on a Macbook before. I used rEFInd to do it, but recent > kernels with proper EFI configuration should also work. But no > guarantees... > > Also, it's not enough to just say "MacBook". There are several > sub-models of that with different chipsets, GPU, etc. I had it working > with Intel chipset and even ran compiz on it. You're right, but at least I explicitly left out the "Pro" (it's *not* an MBP) and limited it to 2007 ;) . But to answer your question: "dmidecode -s system-product-name" says it's a "MacBook4,1". The Ubuntu wiki has a site on it: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook4-1/Natty#Basic_Installation_Instructions, but they don't touch pure EFI installation (they just mention that it's hypothetically possible in the referenced basic MacTel installation instructions). If I knew it was a lost cause with this model, I wouldn't be trying it, so some form of assurance would be great, if somebody knows more. I know that BIOS compatibility mode should work in combination with rEFInd, as I managed to install Ubuntu on an (almost) identical model my brother has. Also: I believe I know that the EFI of this model is 32 bit, so when I installed GRUB2 I also tried installing it in 32 bit mode (note: I tried both, both with efibootmgr and bless, to no success, but maybe I tried wrong?). BTW, I just want to emphasize again that the Mac OS X 10.7 installer has yet to succeed, after at least a dozen attempts (half of the time it doesn't even find/show the SSD, while Linux *always* finds it, so I don't think it's the hardware). So maybe this Macbook is just broken; I already know that the battery is (hell, wouldn't it be great if *that's* why OS X is failing). If nobody finds a solution just by thinking about it ;) , I can show some details of the installation ("efibootmgr -v" and "gdisk -l" output, contents of the ESP, etc.), if it helps narrowing the issue down. In fact, when I take a break from working later I'll do just that. Thanks for the responses so far! -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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