Jonathan Berry wrote:
Hi all, I am trying to install Linux on an Apple XServe and am not getting very far. It basically seems to be refusing to boot from the DVD-RW install disks I have. I have tried a CentOS 5.1 and a Fedora 8 DVD with no success. I also tried a System Rescue Live CD (which is a CD-R) and it did not do anything with it either. I did get it to boot to an OS X install DVD, so I know it should be able to boot from the DVD drive. When I try to get a boot list with the Linux DVDs (holding down Alt on bootup), it only lists the main harddrive. Has anyone ever put (or attempted to put) Linux on an XServe? Thanks, Jonathan
It's certainly been done on the Intel-based Mac Pro boxes, which have mostly the same hardware. The EFI firmware apparently has a feature to emulate a BIOS, so you don't need an EFI-aware bootloader. I suspect you need to do something in EFI to make this go.
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