Re: [Mactel-linux-users] MacBook Pro 8.2

[Johannes G. <joh...@we...>]

Scott Shawcroft wrote:

> I'm planning on getting next macbook pro. (I was tempted to get the
> current gen but I can wait a bit.)
> 
> I found this thread on the gentoo forums:
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-891920-highlight-macbook+pro.html
> 
> It may help.

Marvellous resource! Thank you - will try to emulate!

Joh

> 
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Jerome BENOIT
> <g62...@re...>wrote:
> 
>> Good news: it can be done, even if some part are not yet supported.
>>
>> On 17/10/11 22:33, Johannes Graumann wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm after the combination of the nice macbbok hardware with my favorite
>> OS
>> > (usually in its debian testing incarnation), so I purchased a recent
>> macbook
>> > pro, which turns out to be version 8.2.
>> >
>> > I am having a multi-week nightmare with this thing.
>> > a) refit-based install lead (eventually) to a booting system with
>> > video,
>> yet
>> > cdrom remained inaccessible.
>>
>> Have you tried refit with grup-pc ?
>>
>> > b) a grub-efi (pure efi) install fails as grub is inable to rerub-pcad
>> the video
>> > rom of the Radeon Card and I was unable to get xorg started.
>>
>> grub-efi is not yet mature enough to with play with.
>>
>> >
>> > I'm very close to just run debian from within vmware running on OSX,
>> > yet that really is my last resort.
>> >
>> > Did anyone get this to work and can give some pointers?
>> >
>> > Thanks, Joh
>> >
>> >
>> >
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