Hey folks. I'm trying to get an up-to-date fedora 8 x86 install working on a core2/1.8 mac mini. I've tried two approaches, each with different errors. 1) custom live cd ie, from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo I made an updated f8 live image. (These tools are cool!!!) Then, I burnt the image to dvd, and tested that. It works on the mac mini and on all my non-mac hardware. (For the mac, you press alt (option on mac keyboard) to get boot devices, and select the "windows" cd.) So, all clear. Next step: I transfer this iso image to usb key via the above link. This works on the non-mac computers, but not on the mac. On the mac, it's not listed as a boot device when I restart with alt. Searching on the web, I ran across this (dated) article: http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/mac-mini/ it appears as if the flash disk has to be partitioned in a unique manner to work on x86 mac systems? Does anybody know what works? I tried formatting this on the mac, set to GUID partition tables. Then, when I take this formatted usb key to the linux box and attempt to run the livecd-iso-to-disk script on it, it tells me that the partition is not marked bootable, and to use parted. So, i do, and it's marked bootable in parted. But the livecd-iso-to-disk script doesn't seem to think the install partition is bootable when I re-try. What's up? 2) so, i take the alternate approach and then install f8 onto the usb key while running the f8 installer directly on the mac mini. This succeeds, and when I reboot the mac I get the new fedora insall on the usb key listed in the boot menu. Score! But, when I select this and boot, I get "Missing Operating System" and a hang on an otherwise blank screen. Whoops. I try to follow the directions in the redhat magazine article, but there is no way in anaconda to specify a 1MB "Apple Bootstrap" partition in the installer. Is this still necessary? If so, how do I do this? Any help appreciated. best, benjamin -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
