How to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Apple Macbook Pro MacBookPro4,1

Posted by Todd V. Rovito on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Todd V. Rovito
Published on 2009-10-25T23:03:16Z Indexed on 2010/03/14 21:05 UTC
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I have a one year old Mac Book Pro that I am trying to get RHEL 5.4 installed on via bootcamp. No matter what I do I can't get the installer to boot. I have tried multiple DVD's and even verified the install works on a new Mac Book Pro. Most of the time the installer simply locks up.

I usually use Linux text with all-generic-ide on the boot line.

I removed the ide parameter and I just used linux text. The results I get are that a bunch of kernel messages appear then the background turns blue and a thin text box pops up saying its loading ata..... something it disappears too fast for me to read. Then the machine freezes. I pressed the alt function keys to see if I could look at the system log, here is what it says:

Alt-f3 says "trying to mount CD device hda" Alt-f4 says status error: hda: lastFailedSense Hda: Failed opcode was: unknown Hda: Lost interrupt Hda: Drive not ready for command Ide-cd: command 0x3 timed out

Above this junk it looks like it found the partition because it knew it was 20 GB and listed as /dev/sda3. I think it has something to do with the CD drive, is that possible?

Thanks again for the support.

PS I posted in the apple support forums ( Apple.com > Support > Discussions > Boot Camp > Installation and Storage) and didn't get an answer.

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