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:
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