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Installation instructions for a MacBook Pro

Main steps:

1) Backup your data.

2) Partition your OS X drive.

3) Install boot loader.

4) Install (& update) Linux, first adding boot, Linux, and swap partitions.

5) PlanetCCRMA-lize your Linux.

References

rEFit boot loader

Triple Boot -- onmac.net

PlanetCCRMA

Fedora8 on MacBook Pro (Santa Rosa 3,1)

Dual Booting OS X and Fedora 8 on MacBook Pro

Starting Installation

1. Update firmware (run software update or download latest OS from Apple)

2. Plug into power source; connect to internet via Ethernet.

2. Start OS X Disk Utility (Utilities menu): select top hard drive icon, click "Partition" tab.

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You can now change the size of your Mac HD partition: select size, click "Apply", wait (can take some time).

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3. Custom install rEFIt, making sure to select "rEFIt File System Drivers".

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Restart to check rEFIt install (might take 2 reboots, rEFIt screen shows before OSX boot).

4. Start installation of Fedora 8 (32-bit version from DVD -- get from CCRMA sys admin) -- restart and boot from DVD (select Linux penguin as option from rEFIt menu). Note: beware of trackpad sensitivity. This takes about 30 minutes.

On DVD installer boot: Select first option "Install or upgrade an existing system". Skip disk check. Fedora installation app starts. Choose language and keyboard.

Linux Partitioning

5. Partioning:

First dropdown menu: Create custom layout; click "Next". New window: click on free partition box; click "New".

Make 3 partitions:

1-Boot partition: /boot mount point, ext3 filesystem, select 200MB fixed size; click "OK".

2- Linux partition: /boot mount point, ext3 filesystem, select fixed size you want in MB (eg: 84000 = 84GB); click "OK".

3- Swap partition: swap filesystem, select fixed size (eg: 4GB); click "OK".

Click "Next", accept defaults for next few sections.

Fedora Installation & Update, PlanetCCRMA-lization

6. Finish Fedora installation -- click "Next" to install Fedora.

7. Reboot computer, choose Linux Penguin icon from rEFIt menu, boot into Linux, follow instructions to do system setup.

8. Fedora update: plugged into Ethernet internet, in terminal as root type:

~> yum upgrade

This can take an hour or more, depending on download speed.

8. PlanetCCRMA installation.

9. Soundcard detection via: System>Administration>Soundcard Detection.