Fedora 11 install on MacBook Pro 5,2 fails

Henrik Frisk <frisk.h@xxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:59:40 +0200

Dear all,
I'm having trouble installing Fedora 11 on my brand new MacBook Pro. With the live CD (x86_64) will computer will not boot stopping at a black screen, no messages. Booting from the DVD (also x86_64) the installer (anaconda) starts up, the first screen with the option to check media displays. The test passes but continuing eventually ends in a freeze with a small pointer displaying at the middle of the screen.

I would really prefer to run Fedora than OSX on this machine so I'm hoping someone could help. I read a blogpost saying I should go for the 64bit version but maybe that's the problem? Or maybe, it's the dual graphics cards in this machine that confuses the installer (see below)?

Any hints would be helpful and greatly appreciated.

Best,

Henrik

Hardware info:

Model Name:	MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:	MacBookPro5,2
  Processor Name:	Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:	3.06 GHz
  Number Of Processors:	1
  Total Number Of Cores:	2
  L2 Cache:	6 MB
  Memory:	4 GB
  Bus Speed:	1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version:	MBP52.008E.B05

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:

  Chipset Model:	NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
  Type:	Display
  Bus:	PCI
  VRAM (Total):	256 MB
  Vendor:	NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:	0x0863
  Revision ID:	0x00b1
  ROM Revision:	3436
  gMux Version:	1.7.10
  Displays:
Color LCD:
  Resolution:	1920 x 1200
  Depth:	32-Bit Color
  Core Image:	Hardware Accelerated
  Main Display:	Yes
  Mirror:	Off
  Online:	Yes
  Quartz Extreme:	Supported
  Built-In:	Yes

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT:

  Chipset Model:	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
  Type:	Display
  Bus:	PCIe
  PCIe Lane Width:	x16
  VRAM (Total):	512 MB
  Vendor:	NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:	0x0647
  Revision ID:	0x00a1
  ROM Revision:	3436
  gMux Version:	1.7.10
  Displays:

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