Bug 244494

Summary:	Fedora only installation on an Intel based Macintosh fails to boot
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jussi Eloranta <eloranta>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Peter Jones <pjones>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	7	CC:	triage
Target Milestone:	---
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:		Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2008-06-17 01:37:04 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Description Jussi Eloranta 2007-06-16 04:45:33 UTC

Description of problem:

If Fedora 7 is installed alone on an Intel based Macintosh (EFI based),
the system won't boot after installation. I suppose the installer is
expecting that the machine has OS X & rEFIt but this may not always
be the case. I got it to install by creating msdos type partitions
by hand (which eventually led the mac bios to try to boot in some sort
of compatibility mode after flashing a question mark on the screen for a while).

I am not sure if the installer even tried to put grub anywhere or
if grub is supposed to be able to deal with EFI. Anyhow, the macs
know about msdog partition tables and there should probably be an option
to tell anaconda to do this.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

The standard f7 installer image (dvd).

How reproducible:

Get a macmini and try to install f7 (without os x or windows) on it.
After installation, it won't boot.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.
2.
3.
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 1 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 13:07:57 UTC

This message is a reminder that Fedora 7 is nearing the end of life. Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 7. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 'version' of '7'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later Fedora version prior to Fedora 7's end of life.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we may not be able to fix it before Fedora 7 is end of life. If you would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version of Fedora please change the 'version' of this bug. If you are unable to change the version, please add a comment here and someone will do it for you.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete. If possible, it is recommended that you try the newest available Fedora distribution to see if your bug still exists.

Please read the Release Notes for the newest Fedora distribution to make sure it will meet your needs:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/

The process we are following is described here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Comment 2 Andy Lindeberg 2008-06-03 21:11:52 UTC

Have you encountered the same problem in Fedora 9?

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2008-06-17 01:37:02 UTC

Fedora 7 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on June 13, 2008. 
Fedora 7 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not 
receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we 
are closing this bug. 

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version 
of Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.