>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Danenberg <pcd@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Peter> Quoth Colin Paul Adams on Sweetmorn, the 54th of The Peter> Aftermath: >> Can you sketch the details of this reformatting exercise >> please? Peter> I'm not sure if the formatting is, strictly speaking, Peter> necessary; but here's how I got Fedora 12 installed on the Peter> second-gen Air: Peter> 1. Used the Disk Utility on the OS X Install DVD to erase Peter> all the partitions; see, e.g.: Peter> http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html Peter> for details. Peter> 2. Installed Fedora 12 with the following boot Peter> parameters: Peter> intel_iommu=off vga=771 Peter> I find it interesting that it worked for you out of Peter> the box; with a first-gen Air, I was forced to use: Peter> xdriver=vesa acpi=off Peter> 3. At this point, you should have a successful Peter> installation which fails to boot; if so, boot from a Peter> rEFIt[1] CD and run gptsync from the Partitioning Tool. Peter> It's possible that only step 3 is applicable to you, if Peter> indeed you have a successful installation. I tried step 3 alone and it works! Thank you for your time. Peter> Footnotes: [1] http://refit.sourceforge.net/ -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines