Eugen Dedu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,
> If I understand correctly > http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook#head-c01ca021c676fa6c705b7b67480d10fc689a050c > debian amd64 cannot be installed on a MacBookPro, but i386 (with or > without amd64 kernel). I would really love to use amd64 on it. This wiki entry is utterly wrong and misleading. You can install refit from refit.sf.net under OS X (and you'll need to anyway because you need to bless the refit binary otherwise the PROM won't boot it and still defaults to the OS X bootloader), do your partitioning from there too (a bit tricky, be careful), and use the gptsync feature from refit when you reboot (it's in the utilities offered by the bootloader at boot time - it'll save your life eventually). Another option is to boot a livecd of some kind, do your partitioning with parted, reboot, use gptsync from the refit menu at boot, boot the installer -> you're done. So, sure, it's not straightforward at the moment. Note that the gptsync utility works on amd64 too - it doesn't depend on gnu-efi, so you can build it *BUT* you'll need a small patch otherwise it'll utterly fail. I've posted that patch in this bug, IIRC, otherwise I can dig it up. I don't know how well d-i copes with the machine, as I debootstraped my laptop instead of using the installer. JB. -- Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian, because code matters more Debian & GNU/Linux Developer | <http://www.debian.org> Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
