Re: Fedora 16 on MacPro

2011-11-10 Thread Colin Paul Adams
> "Guillaume" == Guillaume Chapron writes: >> This might (or might not) be helpful: >> http://colina.demon.co.uk/?q=node/879 Guillaume> Thanks very much! It worked :-) Are you using grub2 as the boot loader? And if so, did you have to you use the --force option on grub2-mkconfi

Re: Fedora 16 on MacPro

2011-11-09 Thread Lamar Owen
On Wednesday, November 09, 2011 07:33:07 AM Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: > There is a 32-bit UEFI boot loader that may work for you, that would > not require either Bootcamp or rEFIt. I looked into it a couple years > ago, but it was not then considered mature enough for production use. > Possi

Re: Fedora 16 on MacPro

2011-11-09 Thread Colin Paul Adams
> "Guillaume" == Guillaume Chapron writes: >> This might (or might not) be helpful: >> http://colina.demon.co.uk/?q=node/879 Guillaume> Thanks very much! It worked :-) Good to know. I might have to read it again if I can't get preupgrade to work. -- Colin Adams Preston Lancash

Re: Fedora 16 on MacPro

2011-11-09 Thread Guillaume Chapron
> This might (or might not) be helpful: > http://colina.demon.co.uk/?q=node/879 Thanks very much! It worked :-) Guillaume -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: ht

Re: Fedora 16 on MacPro

2011-11-09 Thread Don Quixote de la Mancha
Does Fedora 16 boot on UEFI computers that do not have the legacy 16-bit BIOS? If not, you will need to install Bootcamp under Mac OS X with the Boot Camp Assistant. It is in /Applications/Utilities under Mac OS X. Bootcamp installs a 16-bit BIOS emulation as a 32-bit UEFI application. rEFIt, a

Re: Fedora 16 on MacPro

2011-11-09 Thread Colin Paul Adams
> "Guillaume" == Guillaume Chapron writes: Guillaume> I'm aware that I'm likely doing things I don't really Guillaume> understand and this is why I'm seeking help on the Guillaume> list. Could you please tell me what I should do (or Guillaume> should not do)? My aim is to have

Fedora 16 on MacPro

2011-11-09 Thread Guillaume Chapron
Hello, I'm writing because I'm unable to install Fedora 16 on a MacPro (version 3.1, year 2008). I first downloaded and burnt a DVD of Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-Scientific-KDE.iso. Then, here is what I tried: 1. Wiped out OS X and all data and installed Fedora as the only OS on the machine, keepin