Fedora 17 macbook air

[flare]

Hi,

I can install Fedora 17 with no issues. However, I cannot boot into it after the install. Under Mac OS X I have refit installed.

Sometimes I can get to grub_rescue but not further.

If I keep the installation media connected then it boots into the live CD.

My partition table looks like:-


*** Report for internal hard disk ***

Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 136120991 Mac OS X HFS+
3 136120992 137390535 Mac OS X Boot
4 137392128 137396223 GRUB2 BIOS Boot
5 137396224 138317823 Basic Data
6 138317824 140365823 Linux Swap
7 140365824 236976127 Basic Data

Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 * 409640 136120991 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 136120992 137390535 ab Mac OS X Boot
4 137392128 137396223 c0 Unknown

MBR contents:
Boot Code: GRUB

Partition at LBA 40:
Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
File System: FAT32
Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)

Partition at LBA 409640:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+, active

Partition at LBA 136120992:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Mac OS X Boot
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type ab Mac OS X Boot

Partition at LBA 137392128:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 4, type GRUB2 BIOS Boot
Listed in MBR as partition 4, type c0 Unknown

Partition at LBA 137396224:
Boot Code: GRUB
File System: ext4
Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Basic Data

Partition at LBA 138317824:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 6, type Linux Swap

Partition at LBA 140365824:
Boot Code: None
File System: ext4
Listed in GPT as partition 7, type Basic Data


I get the same result of a blank screen if I try to boot through using refit or from reboot, hold alt and then selecting the "windows" partition.

Any ideas ?

If I do get to the grub_rescue prompt then I get nowhere trying the following:-

1. set prefix=(hd0,gpt5)/boot/grub
2. insmod (dhd0,gpt5)/boot/grub2/i386-pc/linux.mod

The latter it never finds, so any help on the grub_recue commands would be appreciated.

[bob]

moved to MAC

[marceljj]

Yeah man, try installing GRUB to /dev/sda.

[chrismurphy]

If you have a Mac model that Fedora 17 can EFI boot, you will not need rEFIt or rEFInd. But based on your partition layout it looks like you've CSM-BIOS installed Fedora 17, and used rEFIt's gptsync to synchronize the GPT and MBR.

What Mac model do you have? And when you boot from install media using the option key at startup, what icon are you choosing? You should try choosing the "Fedora Media" or "EFI Boot" option, not the Windows option. And I also wouldn't boot with the 'c' key either as on models I've tried this on, I end up with a CSM-BIOS boot, not an EFI boot.